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With the emergence of this public health crisis and the need to socially isolate, most providers have moved to telehealth. For both providers and for patients, this may be a new practice. Research suggests that telemedicine can be as effective as face-to-face care.

This guide lists key elements for sustainability for health and behavioral health care programs implementing Zero Suicide in Indian Country.

The Zero Suicide Workforce Survey contains skills and knowledge-based queries for providing suicide-safer care based on the Zero Suicide framework for health and behavioral health care settings.

In 2001, Henry Ford Behavioral Health was the first to pioneer and conceptualize “zero suicides” as a goal, and develop a care pathway to assess and modify suicide risk for patients with depression.

The ZEST toolkit is intended to provide guidance and support to community behavioral health centers in Texas to implement the zero suicide framework. The toolkit outlines goals for each core component and provides tools and resources to guide implementation activities.

The Institute for Family Health makes it a policy to provide all staff in their Psychosocial Services Department with training on suicide prevention.

Adapted by the THRIVE project at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, this document can help all types of organizations understand their Zero Suicide Workforce Survey results.

The presence of a competent, confident, and well-trained workforce at every level of care is critical to individuals at risk of suicide.

Tips and case studies from Zero Suicide implementors to help improve the response rates for your organization's workforce survey rollout.