a. Suicide Risk Assessment
(i) How to structure an interview to gather information from a client or patient on suicide risk and protective factors and warning signs, including substance abuse.
Section 1 & Question 1
--How do Healthcare Professionals Interview Patients to Assess Suicide Risk?
Section 2 & Question 2
--Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide
Section 3 & Question 3
--Warning Signs for Suicide
Section 4 & Question 4
--Substance Use and Suicide: A Nexus Requiring a Public Health Approach
Suicide Risk Assessment
(ii) How to use the information referenced in (a) (i) to understand the risk of suicide.
Section
5 & Question 5
--Understanding the Risk of Suicide
Suicide Risk Assessment
(iii) Appropriate actions and referrals for various levels of risk.
Section 6 & Question 6
--Suicide Risk Levels
Suicide Risk Assessment
(iv) How to appropriately document suicide risk assessment.
Section
7 & Question 7
--Appropriately Documenting Suicide Risk Assessment
b. Treatment and Management of Suicide Risk
(i) Available evidence-based treatments for patients and clients at risk of suicide, including counseling and medical interventions such as psychiatric medication and substance abuse care.
Section
8 & Question 8
--Evidence-Based Treatment of the Patient at Risk for Suicide
Section
9 & Question 9
--Suicide Interventions Targeted Toward At-Risk Youth
Section
10 & Question 10
--Psychiatric Medication Treatment Interventions for Suicide Prevention
Section
11 & Question 11
--Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Treatment and Management of Suicide Risk
(ii) Strategies for safety planning and monitoring use of the safety plan.
Section
12 & Question 12
--Strategy for Safety Plan
Section
13 & Question 13
--Monitoring the Use of the Safety Plan
Treatment and Management of Suicide Risk
(iii) Engagement of supportive third parties in maintaining patient or client safety.
Section
14 & Question 14
--The Importance of Active Engagement, Active Rescue, and Collaboration between Crisis and Emergency Services
Section
15 & Question 15
--Building a Suicide Prevention-and-Intervention-Capable Agency
Treatment and Management of Suicide Risk
(iv) Reducing access to lethal means for clients or patients in crisis.
Section
16 & Question 16
--Lethal Means Access and Assessment Among Suicidal Emergency Department Patients
Section
17 & Question 17
--Reducing Suicide Risk by Limiting Access to Lethal Means
Treatment and Management of Suicide Risk
(iv) Reducing access to lethal means for clients or patients in crisis.
Section
18 & Question 18
--Chain of Care for Patients who have Attempted Suicide
Section
19 & Question 19
--Youth Suicide Prevention Referral and Tracking Toolkit
c. Veteran Populations
(i) Population-specific data, risk and protective factors, and intervention strategies.
Section
20 & Question 20
--Suicide Prevention - Veterans Module
d. Risk of imminent harm through self-injurious behaviors or lethal means
(i) How to recognize nonsuicidal self-injury and other self-injurious behaviors and assess the intent of self-injury through suicide risk assessment.
Section
21 & Question 21
--Self-Injurious Behavior: Characteristics and Innovative Treatment Strategies
Section
22 & Question 22
--Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior
Section
23 & Question 23
--Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: What is it, why does it happen, and how
can we help?
Section
24 & Question 24
--Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior
Risk of imminent harm through self-injurious behaviors or lethal means
(ii) (A) Objects, substances and actions commonly used in suicide attempts and impulsivity and lethality of means.
Section
25 & Question 25
--Means, Intent, Lethality, Behaviors, and Psychiatric Diagnosis
Risk of imminent harm through self-injurious behaviors or lethal means
(ii) (B) Communication strategies for talking with patients and their support people about lethal means.
Section
26 & Question 26
--Communication Strategies for Talking about Lethal Means
Risk of imminent harm through self-injurious behaviors or lethal means
(ii) (C) How screening for and restricting access to lethal means effectively prevents suicide.
Section
27 & Question 27
--Controlling Access to Suicide Means
--Bibliography/Authors/Instructors
--Appendix: Sample Safety Plan
Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes |
