Yakama Nation Behavioral Health Services prepared these caring contact cards for their clients and provided them as examples for other Zero Suicide implementers. They demonstrate how caring contacts can send a message of thoughtful support.
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Tools
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Tools
The Zero Suicide Workforce Survey is a key implementation tool that can be used to assess staff knowledge, practices, and confidence related to working with individuals at risk of suicide.
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Readings
This article discusses Honoring Children, Mending the Circle, an American Indian and Alaska Native adaptation of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy. This adaptation blends AI/AN traditional teachings with cognitive-behavioral methods.
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Videos
In this short video, Dr.
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Suicide rates are up to three times higher among Indigenous Native American and Alaska Native people than among any other racial or ethnic group in the United States.
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Tools
The following six-to-eight-minute webinar clips, adapted from SPRC’s Tribal Community of Learning Series, feature expert advice on addressing the root causes of mental health issues and suicide in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities by drawing on community strengths.
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Videos
Tsehootsooi is a hospital in the heart of the Diné Nation that is Tribally-owned and operated.
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Videos
Lawton Indian Hospital is an IHS-led Hospital that serves eight Sovereign Nations, providing care for enrolled Tribal members and their families.
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Tools
This guide lists key elements for sustainability for health and behavioral health care programs implementing Zero Suicide in Indian Country.
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Tools
The Organizational Self-Study is designed to allow you to assess what components of the comprehensive Zero Suicide approach your organization currently has in place.