National and CT data, and studies show that many individuals who die by suicide had recently been in health or behavioral health care treatment. Therefore, these providers and settings are key gatekeepers for individuals at risk of suicide. They may advance their existing efforts to increase identification, referral, access to care, care coordination, and follow-up post discharge of individuals at risk through the use of various evidence-based strategies, practices, tools and policies, and by ensuring that clinical and professional staff are trained and educated appropriately. The following are some examples of recommended resources:
- 13 Reasons Why Toolkit
- ACCESS Mental Health CT
- After a Suicide: Postvention in Health and Behavioral Healthcare Settings
- After a Suicide: The Zero Suicide Approach to Postvention in Health and Behavioral Healthcare Settings
- Assessing Factors Related To Clinicians’ Attitudes Towards Suicide Prevention
- Best Practices in Care Transitions for Individuals w Suicide Risk: Inpatient Care to Outpatient Care
- BHC News
- Closing a Deadly Gap in Behavioral Health Care
- Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality
- Columbia Protocol for Communities and Healthcare
- Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Note: Columbia Suicide Severity Risk Scale – Brief Screener is now available as an App for Androids, iPhones and iPads, thanks to a partnership with a PA group. C-SSRS for Research
- Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Training SCORM FILE for Learning Management Integration
- Counseling Access to Lethal Means
- Crisis Chat – Lifeline Crisis Chat is a service of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in partnership with CONTACT USA. It is the first service of its kind where crisis centers across the United States have joined together to form one national chat network that can provide online emotional support, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention services. Chat specialists are available to listen and support you through whatever difficult times you may be facing.
- Crisis Now
- Crisis Now: Transforming Services is Within Our Reach
- Crisis Text – Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. Text 741741 from anywhere in the US to text with a trained Crisis Counselor; in CT text “CT” to 741741. Crisis Text Line trains volunteers to support people in crisis.
- CT Training and Education Resources
- Impact of Suicide on Professional Caregivers: A Guide for Managers and Supervisors
- Inadequate Hand-Off Communication
- Integrating Suicide Prevention into the SBIRT Model
- Joint Commission – Revisions to the National Patient Safety Goal on Reducing the Risk for Suicide
- Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert (Issue 56, February 24, 2016) – Detecting and treating suicide ideation in all settings
- HAVEN (Health Assistance InterVention Education Network)
- Intersection of Opioids and Suicide Webinar
- Koko
- Lethal Means Counseling in the ED
- Mood Disorder Protocol
- NPR-What Happens If You Try To Prevent Every Single Suicide? (November 2, 2015)
- Online Treatment Options
- Preventing Suicide among Men in the Middle Years
- Primary Care Toolkit
- Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk
- Rehab Spot – Suicide
- SAFE-T (Suicide Assessment Five Step Evaluation and Triage)
- Safety Planning
- Self-Directed Violence Classification system nomenclature
- Substance Use and Suicide: A Nexus Requiring A Public Health Approach
- Suicide Care in Systems Framework
- Suicide in Parking Facilities: Prevention, Response, and Recovery
- Suicide Prevention Recommendations for Non-Hospital Behavioral Health Care Settings
- Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program (offers free, expert consultation for any provider, including outside VA, working with a Veteran who may be at risk of suicide)
- Suicide Safety Plan App
- The Joint Commission Booster Pak on Suicide Risk (NPSG.15.01.01)
- Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient
- TIP 50: Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment
- Tips For High Quality Hand Offs
- Trauma Toolbox for Primary Care
- Treatment for Suicidal Ideation, Self-harm, and Suicide Attempts Among Youth
- Uniting for Suicide Postvention – Providers
- University of Buffalo School of Social Work Self-Care Starter Kit
- We Need to Talk About Suicide: A 2017 Beacon Health Options White Paper
- Zero Suicide in Health and Behavioral Health Care
