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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ToolsThis resource provides information for providers speaking to clients about suicide risk and includes communication tips, recommended resources, and more.
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Tools
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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The Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) Toolkit provides resources tailored to the emergency department, inpatient medical/surgical unit, outpatient primary care, and specialty clinics. It includes a brief suicide risk screening tool, resources for effectively implementing s
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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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The Suicide Prevention Resource Center has created a seven-minute video about The Patient Safety Screener (PSS-3), a tool for identifying patients in the acute care setting who may be at risk of suicide.
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The Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) Toolkit is a free resource for medical settings (emergency department, inpatient medical/surgical units, outpatient clinics/primary care) that can help nurses or physicians successfully identify
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ReadingsIn this Suicide Prevention Resource Center Director's Corner, Anthony Pisani, PhD explains moving away from a prediction model of suicide risk to a prevention model.
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VideosLeah Harris discusses the importance of involving people with lived experiences in leadership roles.
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Becky Stoll, Vice President for Crisis and Disaster Management at Centerstone, underscores the need to screen every patient for suicide risk.