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  • Tools
    Native American Motivational Interviewing: Weaving Native American and Western Practices
    This manual is intended to make motivational interviewing easy to learn and use in practice with Native American clients.
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    Modifying your Electronic Health Records (Part 1)
    Becky Stoll discusses the way that the electronic health record can be used to ensure patients with suicide risk are closely monitored.
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    Example: Modifying an EHR
    Virna Little provides a description of the Institute of Family Health's recording and monitoring of assessment and treatment history for patients at risk of suicide.
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    A Pathway to Care
    Becky Stoll, Vice President for Crisis and Disaster Management at Centerstone, describes how Centerstone engages clients in a suicide care pathway.
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    Lived Experiences
    Leah Harris discusses the importance of involving people with lived experiences in leadership roles.
  • Readings
    A Practical, Evidence-based Approach for Means-restriction Counseling with Suicidal Patients

    Bryan, C.J., Stone, S.L., & Rudd, M.D. (2011). A practical, evidence-based approach for means-restriction counseling with suicidal patients. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 42(5), 339–346.

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    Safety Planning Intervention: A Brief Intervention to Mitigate Suicide Risk

    Stanley, B., & Brown, G. (2012). Safety Planning Intervention: A brief intervention to mitigate suicide risk. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 19(2), 256–264.

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    An Emergency Department-based Brief Intervention for Veterans at Risk for Suicide (SAFE VET)

    Knox, K., Stanley, B., Currier, G., Brenner L, Ghahramanlou-Holloway M., & Brown G. (2012). An emergency department-based brief intervention for veterans at risk for suicide (SAFE VET). American Journal of Public Health, 102(Suppl. 1), S33–37.

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    Patient Safety Plan Template

    A fill-in-the-blank template for developing a safety plan with a patient who is at increased risk for a suicide attempt.

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    Safety Planning Guide: A Quick Guide for Clinicians

    This quick guide for clinicians may be used to develop a safety plan—a prioritized written list of coping strategies and sources of support to be used by patients who have been deemed to be at high risk for suicide.

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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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