title: Opportunities to intervene? "Warning signs" for suicide in the days before dying.
abstract: To validate warning signs for suicide, researchers interviewed 20 respondents, representing 17 suicides in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, about characteristics of the decedent in the year, month, and days preceding the death. Decedents did exhibit behaviors consistent with existing warning signs, but these were rarely new behaviors present 7 days prior to the suicide but not previously. Research is needed to continue to test warning signs for suicide, and education campaigns that teach warning signs may not be relevant for preventing suicide among those in mental health treatment or involved in the criminal justice system.
authors.affiliation: a RAND Gulf States Policy Institute , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramchand
authors.affiliation: a RAND Gulf States Policy Institute , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.|b Orleans Parish Coroner's Office , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
authors.forename: Enchanté
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.affiliation: a RAND Gulf States Policy Institute , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.affiliation: b Orleans Parish Coroner's Office , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.|c Tulane University School of Medicine , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deland
authors.affiliation: b Orleans Parish Coroner's Office , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.|c Tulane University School of Medicine , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rouse
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D012938:Social Perception; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*