Health and behavioral health care (HBH) organizations and providers implementing suicide prevention practices often have concerns about liability and legal issues.
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In 2014, six states and their provider partners set out with the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the National Council for Behavioral Health on the Zero Suicide Breakthrough Series—a project designed to learn how best to support the successful launch and implemen
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In a trauma-informed approach, a behavioral health organization understands and develops a framework to best serve clients with histories of trauma. The system, and all employees in the system, understands the role that trauma can play in each person’s care and recovery.
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The availability of support groups specific to attempt survivors, peer-operated warm lines, and the presence of peer navigators can greatly enhance traditional care for those at risk of suicide. During this webinar you will hear from presenters who have used unique approaches, incorporating
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This worksheet is intended to assist health and behavioral health care organizations in developing a data-driven, quality improvement approach to suicide care.
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The Zero Suicide Organizational Self-Study is designed to allow your organization to assess what elements of suicide safer care it currently has in place.
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Wondering how to get started with Zero Suicide in your organization? This resource outlines 10 steps to getting started.
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Suicide Care Training Options lists suicide care training programs appropriate for clinical and non-clinical staff at health and behavioral health care agencies. Three new trainings were added on February and another in June 2020.
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What is Zero Suicide? Transforming Systems is a two-page, printable PDF that describes the Zero Suicide approach and provides a brief history of the initiative.
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This letter can be used and adapted to request that staff complete the Zero Suicide Workforce Survey. It should be sent from the chief executive officer, or someone else in a position of leadership, to all staff members.