Article
Is sobriety from alcohol necessary for evaluation of patients presenting with suicidal ideation?
2021-12-07
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background</h4> It is commonly assumed that patients intoxicated with alcohol are unreliable with respect to their statements of suicidal intent, however no prior literature evaluates the impact of sobriety on suicidal ideation (SI). In typical emergency department (ED) settings, a common practice is to wait until intoxicated suicidal individuals have reached a legally sober limit (ethanol level less than 80 m...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2f775df4-92d8-5e05-9837-75a8edeef680
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.12.06.21267365
