JAMA Psychiatry • Vol 81 • No 7
Adolescents Who Do Not Endorse Risk via the Patient Health Questionnaire Before Self-Harm or Suicide
April 2024 • Jean P. Flores, Geoffrey Kahn, Robert B. Penfold, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Brian K. Ahmedani, Arne Beck, Jennifer M. Boggs, Karen J. Coleman, Yihe G. Dai…
Importance Given that the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) item 9 is commonly used to screen for risk of self-harm and suicide, it is important that clinicians recognize circumstances when at-risk adolescents may go undetected. Objective To understand characteristics of adolescents with a history of depression who do not endorse the PHQ item 9 before a near-term intentional self-harm event or suicide. Design, Setting, and Participants This was a retrospective cohort study design using electronic health record an…