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Screening for Suicide Risk
Release Date: May 2004
This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for suicide risk.
Summary of Recommendation / Supporting Documents
Summary of Recommendation
- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine screening by primary care clinicians to detect suicide risk in the general population.
Grade: I Statement.
Supporting Documents
Screening for Suicide Risk, May 2004
Recommendation
and Rationale (PDF File,
70 KB; PDF Help)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 933 KB; PDF Help)
Systematic Evidence Review (PDF File Download)
Current as of May 2004
Internet Citation:
Screening for Suicide Risk, Topic Page. May 2004. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspssuic.htm
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