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  • Tools
    Bolstering Resilience for Frontline Staff
    This roadmap includes action plans for ways to bolster resilience during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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    Centerstone Clinical and Administrative Policies and Procedures: Securing Weapons for Suicidal/Homicidal Clients

    These policies and procedures from Centerstone of Tennessee were developed to ensure weapons potentially suicidal and/or homicidal clients wish to relinquish are secured in a safe and appropriate manner.

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    Opioid Misuse Overdose and Suicide Webinar Series

    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 misuse, overdose, and suicide—with an in-depth look at chronic pain as a contributing factor to these r

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    Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Never Worry Alone—The VA Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program

    In this episode, Rocky Mountain MIRECC for VA Suicide Prevention speaks with Dr. Bridget Matarazzo about the VA Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program.

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    VA Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program

    The Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, is offering a free consultation program for any clinician and provider who works with any Veteran at risk for suicide.

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    Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Promoting Lethal Means Safety to Prevent Veteran Suicide with Joe Simonetti

    Dr. Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH, physician and suicide prevention researcher talks with the Rocky Mountain MIRECC for VA Suicide Prevention about the disproportionate role that firearms take in Veteran suicides.

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    Rocky Mountain Short Takes on Suicide Prevention: Talking to Patients About Firearm Safety
    This podcast episode features a conversation about firearm safety between the host, Adam Hoffberg, and Emmy Betz, an emergency room physician at the University of Colorado Hospital.
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    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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    Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)

    Reducing access to lethal means, such as firearms and medication, can determine whether a person at risk for suicide lives or dies. This free online course focuses on how to reduce access to the methods people use to kill themselves. After completing this course, you will be able to:

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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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