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    Intimate Partner Violence and Suicide: Intersections in Context and Practice

    This webinar provides an overview of the intersection between intimate partner violence (IPV) and suicide in the United States. The presentation addresses considerations for screening and assessing for suicide risk in individuals who have experienced IPV.

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    Suicide Prevention and Health Care Accreditation: A Panel Discussion with the Joint Commission

    Health care systems play an integral role in suicide prevention. Data show that 83% of people who die by suicide have seen a health care provider within a year preceding their death. 1 In 2012, the U.S.

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    Care Transitions Best Practice: Involve the Family

    This educational handout from the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention - and funded by Universal Health Services - provides information on how to involve appropriate natural supports (i.e., family and friends) in suicide care.

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    Memorandum of Understanding Between Inpatient and Outpatient

    To help organizations strengthen their care transitions process and close the gaps in care, the Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention - with funding from Universal Health Services - developed this sample Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Inpatient and Outpatient Behavioral Health Care provid

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    Treatments and Brief Interventions for Suicide-Specific Care
    The Treatments and Brief Interventions for Suicide-Specific Care lists and describes evidence-based suicide specific treatments and evidence-based suicide-specific brief interventions.
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    Zero Suicide Inpatient Work Plan Template
    The Zero Suicide Inpatient Work Plan Template for should be used by an implementation team after completing the Zero Suicide Inpatient Organizational Self-Study.
  • Inpatient Mental Health
    Patients admitted into a hospital or clinic for at least one overnight stay are often experiencing a period of high risk for suicidal ideation.
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    Seattle Children's Hospital Zero Suicide Initiative Pathways

    The Seattle Children's Hospital created a Zero Suicide Initiative Pathway for use with children and youth presenting for care to allow for standardized processes for suicide risk screening and assessment for triage to resources across the organization.  Included are versions for use in the

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    Best Practices in Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk: Inpatient Care to Outpatient Care

    To help close these gaps that put individuals at increased risk for suicide after a psychiatric hospitalization, the Action Alliance (Care Transitions Advisory Group) developed 

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    Joint Commission R3 Report Issue 18: National Patient Safety Goal for Suicide Prevention

    The Joint Commission released a revision of National Patient Safety Goal 15.01.01 in May 2019 with seven new and revised elements of performance applicable to all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and behavioral health care organizations effective July 1, 2019. 

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Education Development Center, the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention are able to make this web site available thanks to support from Universal Health Services (UHS), the Zero Suicide Institute at EDC, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (grant 1 U79 SM0559945).

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