Substance Use Disorder Treatment

This link downloads a copy of the SAFE-T with C-SSRS Recent and Lifetime assessment document. 

The Zero Suicide (ZS) model is a promising approach for preventing all suicides across health care settings. ZS
provides guidelines for health care systems to implement best practices in…

Arakelian, M., Barnett, B. & Weleff, J. (2024). The Zero Suicide model in addiction treatment settings: Recognizing the need for feasibility and implementation data. Psychiatric Services, 75, 378-380. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230175

Policy from Clackamas County, Oregon on Suicide Safer Care

This is an example of a 1-pager that summaries some of the important or significant findings from the Workforce Survey. It can be used to share with staff, leadership, or a board of directors.…

The 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is meant to address gaps in the field and to guide, motivate, and promote a more coordinated and comprehensive approach to suicide prevention in…

Nearly half of people who die by suicide are seen by a provider in the month before their death. Epic has tools available to help healthcare organizations intervene with the right patients at the…

What is suicide safety planning? Will I need to adapt the safety planning approach when working with young people? How do I help my adolescent clients and their family members develop an effective…

This SAMHSA manual offers guidelines for working with suicidal adults living with substance use disorders. It covers risk factors and warning signs for suicide, core competencies, and clinical…

SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) hosted a national webinar series that explores the intersection of opioid…

Suicide and drug overdose deaths in the United States, regardless of age or race, have increased since 2001 and the rate of drug overdose death surpassed that of suicide in 2015 (CDC WISQARS, 2018…

The Zero Suicide framework is based on the foundational belief that gaps in suicide care exist in sometimes fragmented and distracted health and behavioral health (HBH) systems. One population at…

Beckstead, D. J., Lambert, M. J., DuBose, A. P., & Linehan, M. (2015). Dialectical behavior therapy with American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents diagnosed with substance use disorders: Combining an evidence based treatment with cultural, traditional, and spiritual beliefs. Addictive behaviors,51, 84-87. 

Three versions of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale are available for use in clinical practice. The Lifetime/Recent version allows practitioners to gather lifetime…