This issue brief from the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health describes the historically overlooked problem of suicide as a leading cause of maternal mortality in the US.
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ReadingsMaternal Suicide in the US: Opportunities for Improved Data Collection and Health Care System Change
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ToolsThis is the Suicide Safer Care policy from Clackamas County, Oregon.
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Tools
Example from Sacred Heart Hospital of a policy on suicide precautions, behavior monitoring and safety rounding in an inpatient psychiatric facility.
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ToolsThis is an example of a suicide and self-harm policy from the Hospital Sisters Health System.