Introduction to Suicide Assessment in the Outpatient Primary Care Setting
Presenter: Dr. Erich Batra
Course Length: 1 hour
Course Video Length: 45:00
Course Learning Objectives:
- Understand risk factors and warning signs of suicide
- Implement screenings for suicide in the outpatient setting
- Assess risk for suicide in patients who screen positive for depression or suicide
- Develop a safety plan in those at risk for suicide
Course Supplemental Material:
Screening and Assessment Tools:
- asQ toolkit – https://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/research-conducted-at-nimh/asq-toolkit-materials
- Safe-T – https://www.samhsa.gov/resource/dbhis/safe-t-pocket-card-suicide-assessment-five-step-evaluation-triage-safe-t-clinicians
- Columbia Screen: https://cssrs.columbia.edu/
- Columbia Screen for Healthcare – https://cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/cssrs-for-communities-and-healthcare/#filter=.healthcare.english
Resource Guides:
- AAP – https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/blueprint-for-youth-suicide-prevention/
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center toolkit – https://sprc.org/settings/primary-care/toolkit
- Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care – gladpc.org
- TiPS (for PA providers only) – https://www.dhs.pa.gov/providers/Providers/Pages/TiPS.aspx
Resource Organizations:
- Prevent Suicide PA https://www.preventsuicidepa.org/
- Zero Suicide: https://zerosuicide.edc.org/
- AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention): afsp.org
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center https://www.sprc.org/
Additional Trainings
- Prevent Suicide PA Online Learning Center – https://pspalearning.com
Lethal Means Training:
Course Supplemental Material:
AAP - https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/blueprint-for-youth-suicide-prevention/
TiPS - https://www.dhs.pa.gov/providers/Providers/Pages/TiPS.aspx
Suicide Prevention Resource Center toolkit - https://sprc.org/settings/primary-care/toolkit
asQ toolkit - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/research-conducted-at-nimh/asq-toolkit-materials