Suicide Prevention and Crisis Management Archives

Topic: Suicide Prevention and Crisis Management

How do I assess for suicide in individuals with serious mental illness?

After an emergency department visit, what are some ways of supporting continuity of care with a follow-up outpatient visit for mental health?

What is crisis intervention training?

What are strategies for reducing restraint and seclusion on inpatient units?

What do I do in a crisis when there is a threat of suicide or violence?

What are some alternatives to physical restraint in inpatient and​ emergency settings?

Is peer support effective in working with people experiencing mental health crises?

Practice Guidelines: Core Elements for Responding to Mental Health Crises

Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: Making Health Care Suicide Safe

Clinical Guidelines: Screening for Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults in Primary Care: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of the Adult Psychiatric Patient in the Emergency Department

Ibobbly Mobile Health Intervention for Suicide Prevention in Australian Indigenous Youth: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

Crisis Intervention for Adults Using a Trauma-Informed Approach: Initial Four Weeks of Management, Third Edition

Navigating a Mental Health Crisis: Resource Guide and Infographics

What are some available practice guidelines for suicide prevention?

How should I screen for and address suicide risk in populations with serious mental illnesses?

Are prediction models for suicide risk useful in clinical care?

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Methods for Using Data to Inform Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide

Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices

Report: Crisis Now: Transforming Services is Within Our Reach

Crisis Services’ Role of Reducing Avoidable Hospitalization

The Columbia Lighthouse Project

What risk assessment tools and predictors are effective in screening for self-harm or suicidal ideation during the initial assessment of patients across the life span by clinicians in the emergency department?

The Crisis Intervention Team Model of Police Response to Mental Health Crises: A Primer for Mental Health Practitioners

Addressing the Intersection of Serious Mental Illness and Suicide in Healthcare

Webinar Part 1 & 2: Suicidal Ideation and Behavior in Individuals with a First Episode of Psychosis

TA Coalition Webinar: The Safety Planning Intervention to Reduce Suicide Risk

Best Practices in Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk: Inpatient Care to Outpatient Care

Helping People with Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders During Disasters

Preventing Suicide in Emergency Department Patients

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means

A Strategic Planning Approach to Suicide Prevention

Best and Promising Practices for the Implementation of Zero Suicide in Indian Country

Webinar: Crisis Now: Transforming Services is Within Our Reach

Screening Youth for Suicide Risk

TA Coalition Assessment Working Papers: Crisis Services’ Role in Reducing Avoidable Hospitalization

Crisis Residential Best Practices Handbook: Practical Guidelines and Resources

Navigating a Mental Health Crisis: Resource Guide and Infographics (Spanish Version)

What are some reasons that people with SMI may not disclose domestic violence against them?

Implementing Behavioral Health Crisis Care

What is the difference between “proactive” and “reactive” suicide risk assessment and management of individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI)?

What would you recommend for ACT consumers in rural areas who don’t have access to the internet and in some cases phones/cell phones? Especially if ACT teams don’t have the funding for iPads, phones, etc. for consumer use?

When should I become concerned that a patient with delusions poses a risk to others?

What was the key point of the 1976 California Supreme Court ruling in Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California?

What should I do if my patient expresses a risk of harm to others?

What is the difference between Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety (MHFA) and Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training programs?

How can I better understand mental illness and how to respond to someone experiencing a crisis?

Duty to Warn, Duty to Protect, And Duty to Control: The Exceptions to Mental Health Provider-Patient Confidentiality

What is the Living Room model for people experiencing a mental health crisis?

Suicide and Serious Mental Illness: An Overview of Considerations, Assessment, and Safety Planning

What are the important areas a clinician should review when assessing their patient’s current dangerousness?

What factors increase a person acting on command hallucinations to harm others?

What is the relationship of mood disorders to future violence?

What are some practical guidelines that clinicians should follow when documenting that they have assessed a patient’s violence risk?

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What are some alternatives to physical restraint in inpatient and emergency settings?