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  • Tools
    Telehealth and Suicide Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    This resource provides some basic information to help you adapt to using telehealth as well as how to provide effective and safe suicide care via virtual platforms.
  • Podcasts
    ICRC-S “Zero Suicide: Exploring Data and Evaluation” podcasts
    These two podcasts focus on data and evaluation related to Zero Suicide implementation and feature Dr. Brian Ahmedani, Ph.D., LMSW, and Julie Drew, LCSW, MPA.
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    Zero Suicide Keys for Sustainability for Health and Behavioral Health Care Programs in Indian Country

    This guide lists key elements for sustainability for health and behavioral health care programs implementing Zero Suicide in Indian Country.

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    Henry Ford Zero Suicide Suicide Prevention Guidelines for Health Care Providers

    In 2001, Henry Ford Behavioral Health was the first to pioneer and conceptualize “zero suicides” as a goal, and develop a care pathway to assess and modify suicide risk for patients with depression.

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    ZEST Toolkit for Suicide Safer Care Centers

    The ZEST toolkit is intended to provide guidance and support to community behavioral health centers in Texas to implement the zero suicide framework. The toolkit outlines goals for each core component and provides tools and resources to guide implementation activities.

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    Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: The 2nd Zero Suicide Trilogy

    Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention has released its second trilogy of Zero Suicide-related podcasts. These podcasts originated at the Bridging the Divide conference last May in Denver. 

    Why and How Now Matters Now with Ursula Whiteside PhD

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    November 2017 Perspectives Preview: Special Report: Suicide Prevention in Health Care Settings

    This Joint Commission special report offers recommendations from a panel of experts regarding environmental hazards for providers and surveyors and what constitutes adequate safeguards to prevent suicide in inpatient hospital and emergency department settings.

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    Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: The Zero Suicide Initiative Trilogy
    In this podcast trilogy, Rocky Mountain Short host Adam Hoffberg interviews three key Zero Suicide Champions who attended the 50th annual American Association of Suicidology conference.
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    Breakthrough Series: Outcomes and Recommendations
    This report details lessons learned about how to best implement the Zero Suicide approach under the direction of a state mental health or public health office.
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    Zero Suicide Data Elements Worksheet
    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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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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