Family-based Crisis Intervention with Suicidal Adolescents in the Emergency R…

The prevailing model of care for psychiatric patients in the emergency room (ER) is evaluation and disposition, with little or no treatment provided. This article describes the results of a puot study of a famuy-based crisis intervention (FBCI) for suicidal adolescents and their families in a large, urban pédiatrie ER. FBCI is an intervention designed to sufficiently stabilize patients within …