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  • Tools
    988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Suicide Safety Policy

    In December 2022, the Suicide Safety Policy was released as an update and replacement of the Suicide Risk Assessment Standards and the Helping Callers at Imminent Risk of Suicide Policy.

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    ED-SAFE Patient Secondary Screener (ESS-6)

    Providers in acute care settings can administer this secondary screening tool to help

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    Adult Outpatient Brief Suicide Safety Assessment Guide (BSSA)

    The Ask Suicide Screening Questions (ASQ) toolkit includes the Brief Suicide Safety Assessment Guide (BSSA) which incorporates suggestions on what questions to ask, examples of how to respond to and ask questions, and what areas should be explored to develop a fulle

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    SAFE-T Pocket Card: Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage for Clinicians

    This SAMHSA resource gives a brief overview on conducting a suicide assessment using a five-step evaluation and triage plan.

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    A Model for Formulating Suicide Risk in the Patient's Context

    The Model for Formulating Suicide Risk in the Patient's Context activity can be used to work through the areas of suicide risk formulation. It is based on the Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk formulation.

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    Overcoming Resistance to Zero Suicide

    The Overcoming Resistance to Zero Suicide activity can help you think about ways to talk to staff about their barriers to implementing different aspects of Zero Suicide.

  • Readings
    Toolkit for Modifying Evidence-Based Practices to Increase Cultural Competence

    Lack of cultural competence can also contribute to barriers to engagement or continued utilization of available mental health services.

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    Suicide: Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention

    The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), in collaboration with experts from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), created this Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention as an educational resource to support pediatric health clinicians

  • Webinars
    Intimate Partner Violence and Suicide: Intersections in Context and Practice

    This webinar provides an overview of the intersection between intimate partner violence (IPV) and suicide in the United States. The presentation addresses considerations for screening and assessing for suicide risk in individuals who have experienced IPV.

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    Suicide Safer Care: Suicide Prevention in Primary Care

    The webinar is designed to train frontline clinicians and their teams on skills for suicide risk assessment, evidence-based interventions, referral and transition when needed, and how to change the culture of addressing suicide risk across the clinician’s practice.

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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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