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:
- After a Suicide: The Zero Suicide Approach to Postvention in Health and Behavioral Healthcare Settings
- Assessing Factors Related To Clinicians’ Attitudes Towards Suicide Prevention
- Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality
- Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
- Counseling Access to Lethal Means
- CT Training and Education Resources
- Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert (Issue 56, February 24, 2016) – Detecting and treating suicide ideation in all settings
- NPR-What Happens If You Try To Prevent Every Single Suicide? (November 2, 2015)
- Preventing Suicide among Men in the Middle Years
- Primary Care Toolkit
- Safety Planning
- Suicide Care in Systems Framework
- The Joint Commission Booster Pak on Suicide Risk (NPSG.15.01.01)
- Trauma Toolbox for Primary Care
- 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
