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  • Videos
    Screening for Suicide in the Emergency Department: A Critical Opportunity
    In this short video, Dr. Ed Boudreaux highlights the importance of clear protocols for guiding front-line emergency room staff in suicide screening and detection.
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    Screening Youth For Suicide Risk: Can it be done in a busy pediatric practice?
    This podcast episode discusses ways health care professionals can prevent kids at risk for suicide from slipping through the cracks.
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    Treating Suicidal Patients During COVID-19
    SPRC presents a video series with expert advice on treating patients at risk of suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    ASQ Telehealth Adult Suicide Risk Screening Pathway
    This suicide risk screening pathway is designed for outpatient primary care and clinics to use during telehealth screenings (e.g., phone, video).
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    ASQ Telehealth Youth Suicide Risk Screening Pathway
    This suicide risk screening pathway from the National Institute for Mental Health's ASQ Suicide Risk Screening Toolkit is designed for use during telehealth screenings of youth.
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    Bolstering Resilience for Frontline Staff
    This roadmap includes action plans for ways to bolster resilience during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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    Suicide Care Pathway: Linking Screening and Assessment to Brief Intervention
    This brief guidance document created by Dr. Ursula Whiteside provides information for practitioners that can be implemented with patients and clients both in-person and via telemental health settings. 
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    Prevention in Primary Care: A Toolkit for Primary Care Clinicians and Leaders
    This resource provides information for providers speaking to clients about suicide risk and includes communication tips, recommended resources, and more.
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    Suicide Prevention Resources to support Joint Commission Accredited organizations implementation of NPSG 15.01.01, revised November 2018

    The Joint Commission has released a new compendium of Suicide Prevention resources, Zero Suicide among them, to support the implementation of National Patient Safety Goals 15.01.01, revised November 2018. 

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    Caring for Adult Patients with Suicide Risk: A Consensus Guide for Emergency Departments

    SPRC designed this guide to assist Emergency Department (ED) health care professionals with decisions about the care and discharge of patients with suicide risk. Its main goal is to improve patient outcomes after discharge. The guide helps ED caregivers answer these questions:

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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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