Inpatient Mental Health

This MOU provides a structure for developing agreements between Inpatient and Outpatient Behavioral Health Care providers focused on improving care transitions for people with a history of suicide risk.

This resource describes evidence-based, suicide-specific treatments and interventions.

The Zero Suicide Inpatient Work Plan Template should be used by an implementation team after completing the Zero Suicide Inpatient Organizational Self-Study.

Patients admitted into a hospital or clinic for at least one overnight stay are often experiencing a period of high risk for suicidal ideation.

This resource includes standardized processes for suicide risk screening and assessment for use with children and youth in the emergency department and within inpatient behavioral health care.

This report describes evidence-based practices for improving clinical care and outcomes for people with a history of suicide risk during the critical period of transition from inpatient to outpatient care.

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

The Inpatient Organizational Self-Study is designed for organizations with a primary focus on inpatient health and behavioral health care settings.

In this study, the authors estimated the return on investment (ROI) for every $1 spent calling patients with suicidal ideation or deliberate self-harm who had been discharged from a hospital or emergency department ranges from $1.76 to $2.43.