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HSTAT: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 3rd Edition: Recommendations and Systematic Evidence Reviews, Guide to Community Preventive Services U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Evidence Syntheses, formerly Systematic Evidence Reviews

32. Screening for Suicide Risk: Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Systematic Evidence Review

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

http://www.ahrq.gov/

Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

http://www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-97-0011

Task No. 3

Technical Support of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Prepared by:

RTI International

Evidence-based Practice Center

3040 Cornwallis Road

P.O. Box 12194

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709

Bradley N. Gaynes, MD, MPH

Suzanne L. West, PhD

Carol Ford, MD

Paul Frame, MD

Jonathan Klein, MD, MPH

Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD

Date of Pub May 2004

This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for development of clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or a basis for reimbursement and coverage policies. AHRQ or U.S. Department of Health and Human Services endorsement of such derivative products may not be stated or implied.

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