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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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    Outreach in the Time of COVID-19: Matching the Patient Experience to Guided Intervention
    This tool by Dr. Ursula Whiteside is designed to help practitioners provide virtual support for suicidal thoughts, depression, and more.
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    Telehealth Tips: Managing Suicidal Clients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    This resource from the Center for Practice Innovations and SP-TIE includes tips for evaluating and treating suicidal individuals remotely via telehealth.
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    Suicide-Specific Brief Interventions

    Dr. David Jobes discusses the science behind suicide-specific brief interventions. 

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    Collaborating on Safety Plans

    Dr. Vince Watts, director of the VA Interprofessional Fellowship in Patient Safety, gives insight on the process of creating collaborative safety plans.

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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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    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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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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