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Presented in collaboration with Resilience Across Borders
Presented in collaboration with ADAA's Suicide and Self-Injury Special Interest Group
Mental health clinicians play a pivotal role in suicide prevention. Setting up your practice to assist a person who may be thinking about suicide or has made a suicide attempt is key for optimizing care. This presentation offers a model for understanding suicide and cover topics such as how to have a conversation about suicidal thoughts and behaviors, potential contributors to suicide and frequent warning signs of a period of increased suicide risk. Resources and important steps to take will be reviewed and assessment and intervention options will be considered. Preparation offers a sense of confidence and capacity to help someone prevent or manage in a crisis moment.
Learning Objectives
- Describe a model for understanding suicide that can frame clinical practice.
- Discuss how to have a conversation about suicidal thoughts with a patient in order to develop a plan for next steps.
- List three things that a clinician can do to prepare their practice for suicide prevention.
ADAA Continuing Education Credits for Live and On-Demand Programming
Learners complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. You must participate in the entire activity as partial credit is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.
Some ADAA professional webinars focused on diversity or cultural competency subject matter are eligible for the Cross-Culture Competency Diversity Credit. If a webinar is eligible for this credit, it will be reflected on your credit certificate.
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