Zero Suicide Website (general)

Zero Suicide is a quality-improvement initiative to build capacity within health care organizations to prevent suicide. 

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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a rapid shift from traditional, face-to-face health care encounters to various forms of virtual care. To support this change, the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention—the nation’s public-private partnership—has developed COVID Guidance: Screening for Suicide Risk during Telehealth Visits, a supplement to the 2018 Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: Making Health Care Suicide Safe. This new guidance outlines best practice recommendations for telehealth screening for suicide ideation.  

Care Transitions - Self Paced Module for Psychiatric Hospital Workers 

Inpatient hospitalization can help patients get through a suicidal crisis, begin mental health care, and prepare for ongoing support after hospitalization. These individuals, however, remain at high risk of suicide for three months or more after discharge or transition from an inpatient hospital. In fact their suicide death rate is 300 times higher than the general population in the first week after they are discharged.

Professionals in psychiatric hospitals play a pivotal role in the recovery of people at risk of suicide by making sure a support system, appropriate hand-off communication, and safety plans are solidly in place when they transition from the inpatient facility. 

The guidance in this module is primarily for staff who work in psychiatric hospitals, such as social workers, clinical nurses, therapists, and discharge planners. Much of the information is also applicable to staff in other settings who work with people at risk of suicide who will eventually be discharged or transition to another treatment setting or level of care.

Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Rural Primary Care 

Can be used by all primary care providers, including those in non-rural settings. Contains tools, information, and resources to implement state-of-the art suicide prevention practices and overcome barriers to treating suicidal patients in the primary care setting. You’ll find assessment guidelines, safety plans, billing tips, sample protocols, and more. Developed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) and the Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education (WICHE) Mental Health Program.

 Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Primary Care Practices 

This toolkit can be used by all primary care providers. It contains tools, information, and resources to implement state-of-the art suicide prevention practices and overcome barriers to treating suicidal patients in the primary care setting. You'll find assessment guidelines, safety plans, billing tips, sample protocols, and more.

Safety Planning for Youth Suicide Prevention

This is a one-hour, self-paced online course designed for licensed health and behavioral health professionals and students in clinical training programs. The course aims to develop participants' knowledge and skills in using the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention, an evidence-based intervention developed by Dr. Barbara Stanley and Dr. Gregory Brown. Course participants will review the core elements of the Safety Planning Intervention, explore strategies for effective collaboration with young people and their family members, and consider ways to overcome common challenges to delivering the intervention with fidelity.