Online Course » Suicide Assessment and Treatment

Course Description:

Suicide assessment, prevention, and intervention is a topic relevant to all health care providers. This course discusses the elements of assessment, risk and protective factors, appropriate care settings, safety planning, treatment, and follow-up.This CE program is designated as beginning to intermediate.
Course Objective:
Upon completing this program, participants should be able to
  • Assess for suicide risk
  • Determine the level of risk for suicide and refer or provide for proper treatment
  • Create a safety plan with patients/clients
  • Identify evidence-based treatments for suicide prevention and management
Intended Audience:
Target audience:  Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists,social workers, addiction counselors, nurses
Author Bio:

Editor:

John L. (Jack) Miller, MD. Dr.Miller is President and CEO of At Health, Inc. He graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed residencies in pediatrics and adult psychiatry, as well as a fellowship in child psychiatry. He practiced adult and adolescent psychiatry in Bellevue, WA, and later joined the TRICARE Northwest Lead Agency at Madigan Army Medical Center as the Mental Health Director. At Madigan he also served as the Mental Health Disease Management Chief in the Outcomes Management Division and the Health Information Management Director of the Child, Adolescent and Family Behavioral Health Office. He later joined the Behavioral Health Data Portal (BHDP) Program Management Office as a clinical subject matter expert to provide technical and clinical oversight for the redesign, development, pilot testing and deployment of the Behavioral Health Data Portal (BHDP) to more than fifty of the Army's mental health clinics. As a member of the Behavioral Health Data Portal (BHDP) team, he shared in the Excellence in Enterprise Information Award from the Association for Enterprise Information as the Government Awardee for 2013.

Authors:

Suicide Assessment and Management – VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs & U.S. Department of Defense. (2013). VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for assessment and management of patients at risk for suicide. Washington, DC: Author. List of contributors available at http://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/MH/srb/VADODCP_SuicideRisk_Full.pdf

Safety Planning

U.S. Air Force Medical Operations Agency. (2014). Air Force guide for suicide risk assessment, management, and treatment. San Antonio,TX: Author. List of contributors available at https://www.usuhs.edu/sites/default/files/media/mps/pdf/mholloway-afguidesuiciderisk.pdf
Credits:
2.00
Hours:
2.00
Certificates:
Association of Social Work Boards - view details
At Health, LLC - view details
National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) - view details
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) - view details
Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists - view details
Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors - view details
Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners - view details

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