International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) - Resources: Emergency Medicine and Suicidal Behavior
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| IASP Task Force - Emergency Medicine and Suicidal Behavior Outlines the goals of this Task Force created to improve research and practice linkages between experts in suicide, psychiatry, and emergency medicine. - Read more http://iasp.info/emergency_medicine.php | |
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| "Is Your Patient Suicidal?" Emergency Department Poster and Clinical Guide Guide offered by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides emergency department personnel with information on recognizing and responding to acute suicide risk. - Read more http://www2.sprc.org/bpr/your-patient-suicidal-emergency-department-poster-and-clinical-guide | |
| ACEP - Identifying and Treating the Potential Suicide American College of Emergency Physicians offers this October, 2011 article from ACEP News by Richard Hyer. - Read more http://www.acep.org/Content.aspx?id=82247 | |
| Advancing Suicide Prevention Practice in the Emergency Department Setting Offers PDF Slides and audio file of this Research to Practice Webinar held in March 2011 by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. - Read more http://www.sprc.org/traininginstitute/disc_series/disc_24.asp | |
| Black Dog Institute - The Psychological Toolkit Offers a collection of practical resources available for GPs to assist in the management of mood disorders in their clinical work. - Read more http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/healthprofessionals/resources/thepsychologicaltoolkit.cfm | |
| Caring for Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department Masters thesis by Dawn M. Benford, subtitled, "Where Nursing Knowledge Falls Short," stresses the need for increased education of ED staff to improve attitudes towards patients that harm themselves. - Read more http://www.nursing.arizona.edu/Library/Benford_Dawn_MS_Report.pdf | |
| Continuity of Care for Suicide Prevention and Research Suicide Attempts and Suicide Deaths - Subsequent to Discharge from an Emergency Department or an Inpatient Psychiatry Unit is the title of this extensive 2011 report commissioned by the SPRC and SAMHSA. See the Executive Summary. - Read more http://www.suicidology.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=236&name=DLFE-331.pdf | |
| Evaluation of an Emergency Department Educational Campaign for Recognition of Suicidal Patients Study shows that "exposure to relevant educational material results in increased provider awareness of potential ED patient suicidality and increased provider perception of their knowledge and skills to identify and treat suicidal ED patients." - Read more http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298199/ | |
| Guidelines for integrated suicide-related crisis &follow-up care in Emergency Departments & other acute settings Download guidelines for integrated suicide-related crisis and follow-up care in Emergency Departments and other acute settings published by the Black Dog Institute. - Read more https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/docs/default-source/lifespan/delphi-guidelines-clinical-summary_web.pdf?sfvrsn=0 | |
| Is Your Patient Suicidal? Download this poster, published by the Virginia Health Department, that is a companion to the Suicide Risk: A Guide for ED Evaluation and Triage poster. - Read more http://www.vahealth.org/Injury/preventsuicideva/documents/2011/pdf/ER_SuicideRiskPoster.pdf | |
| Mental health for Emergency Departments - A Reference Guide: 2009 NSW Health Department offers this resource intended to assist emergency department staff and other clinicians in their care for people experiencing emergency mental health problems. See Suicide Risk Assessment and Management for Emergency Departments. - Read more http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/mhdao/pdf/mhemergency.pdf | |
| NREPP - Emergency Room Intervention for Adolescent Females Summarizes this program that involves an adolescent female and one or more family members who accompany her to the emergency room. Aims to increase attendance in outpatient treatment following discharge from the emergency room and to reduce future suicide attempts. - Read more http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=33 | |
| Paucis Verbis: Assessing patients with suicidality in the ED Offers a Suicide: Risk Stratification pocket card using the mnemonic TRAAPPED SILO SAFE. Download as PDF or MS Word document. - Read more http://academiclifeinem.blogspot.com/2011/02/paucis-verbis-assessing-patients-with.html | |
| Screencast.com - VCSS Seminar Series Virtual Collaboratory for Suicide Studies offers a selection of video presentations, including, "Emergency Department Encounters, Emergency Medicine and Suicide." - Read more http://www.screencast.com/users/MGrossman/folders/VCSS%20Seminar%20Series | |
| Suicidal Behavior in Psychiatric Emergency Room Patients Study by Dirk M. Dhossche, MD finds suicidal behavior was present in 117 of 311 consecutive psychiatric ER patients. See Characteristics of Patients With Suicidal Behavior. - Read more http://www.dangerousbehaviour.com/Disturbing_News/Suicidal%20Behavior%20in%20Psychiatric%20Emergency%20Room%20Patients.htm | |
| Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) Suicide Prevention Resource Center offers the Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) pocket card for mental health clinicians and health care professionals. - Read more http://www2.sprc.org/bpr/suicide-assessment-five-step-evaluation-and-triage-safe-t | |
| Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Centre for Addiction and Mental Health offers this e-learning tutorial that provides an overview of suicide risk assessment and management to help health care providers in the psychiatric acute-care setting. - Read more http://elearning.camh.net/Suicide/Suicide_Assessment_Content_p001.htm | |
| Suicide Risk: A Guide for ED Evaluation and Triage Download this PDF poster which is a companion to the Companion resource to the Is Your Patient Suicidal? poster produced by the Virginia Health Department. - Read more http://www.vahealth.org/Injury/preventsuicideva/documents/2011/pdf/ER_SuicideRiskGuide.pdf | |
| Victoria Mental Health Services - Suicide Prevention: General Information Provides a selection or resources devoted to Working with the Suicidal Person. Find emergency department quick reference suicide-risk assessment guides and more. - Read more http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/suicide/index.htm | |
| Working with the suicidal person Offers clinical practice guidelines for emergency departments and mental health services. Download this Victorian Government Health Information resource. - Read more http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/suicide/suicidal-person-book2010.pdf | |
| Working With the Client Who is Suicidal: A Tool for Adult Mental Health and Addiction Services Guide, developed by the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction and sponsored by the BC Ministry of Health, provides an overview of recommended practices in assessing and treating suicidal behaviour in adults. - Read more https://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/carmha/resources/wwcis/WWCWIS.pdf | |
