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    The impact of suicide on professional caregivers: A guide for managers and supervisors

    This guide is intended to provide an overview of the main issues that can arise when clinical
    providers and staff experience the death of a client by suicide. It includes how to address
    grief, debriefing staff and clients, supporting those affected by the death, and contact with

  • Tools
    Centerstone Suicide Prevention Pathway

    A diagram of Centerstone of Tennessee's Suicide Prevention Pathway (care pathway) that shows how individuals enter and exit a care pathway.

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    Guidance for Culturally Adapting Gatekeeper Trainings

    This tool from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) provides a series of questions to guide the cultural adaptation of gatekeeper training programs and to improve the community ownership, cultural fit, and effectiveness of the training.

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    988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Suicide Safety Policy

    In December 2022, the Suicide Safety Policy was released as an update and replacement of the Suicide Risk Assessment Standards and the Helping Callers at Imminent Risk of Suicide Policy.

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    Guidelines for integrated suicide-related crisis and follow-up care in Emergency Departments and other acute settings

    The Guidelines for Integrated Suicide-Related Crisis and Follow-Up Care in Emergency Departments and Other Acute Settings have been developed with the input of health care professionals and people with lived experience of suicide.

  • Tools
    SPRC 2021 Tribal Suicide Prevention Needs Assessment: Aggregate Technical Report

    Between December 7, 2021, and January 28,

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    SAFE-T Pocket Card: Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage for Clinicians

    This SAMHSA resource gives a brief overview on conducting a suicide assessment using a five-step evaluation and triage plan.

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    Getting Further with Zero Suicide

    If you want to get further with Zero Suicide implementation here are some questions to contemplate and suggestions to help you in your Zero Suicide journey.

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    Implementing and Sustaining Zero Suicide: Health Care System Efforts to Prevent Suicide

    This report was commissioned by ASPE to better understand how organizations choose to implement and sustain a Zero Suicide initiative.

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    Toolkit for Modifying Evidence-Based Practices to Increase Cultural Competence

    Lack of cultural competence can also contribute to barriers to engagement or continued utilization of available mental health services.

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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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