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The 2nd Annual TBI & Suicide Prevention Conference: Safety Planning for People with Brain Injuries: URL: http://www.mirecc.va.gov/visn19/2nd_Annual_Traumatic_Brain_Injury_TBI_Suicide_Prevention_Conference.asp
This is a collection of archived PowerPoints, and streaming videos from presentations at the conference held 9/11/2009 at U. of CO, Denver. They include: Brief Interventions with Suicidal Individuals: Safety Planning and Beyond; Reducing Suicide Risk in Persons with TBI: Implications for Therapy and Systems of Care; Clinical Evaluations, Sequelae and Treatment after TBI; Traumatic Brain Injury 101; and Suicide 101.
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Aging and Suicide: URL: http://www2.endingsuicide.com/?id=1:7351
This course covers risk and protective factors for suicide in older adults, assessment of risk and selection of interventions for people who need urgent help, and a summary of clinical management strategies to reduce suicide risk. Geared toward primary care health professionals
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The American Geriatrics Society and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Recommendations for Policies in Support of Quality Mental Health Care in U.S. Nursing Homes: URL: http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/policies2003.pdf
Policy recommendations from a 2003 expert panel are included on the following issues: access to screening, assessment, and treatment referral; adequately financing needed services; ensuring a skilled and responsive workforce; providing incentives for quality mental health care; and changing the culture of nursing home life through greater involvement of residents in decision making.
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Assessing suicide risk: Initial tips for counselors: URL: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/Materials/Default.aspx
This wallet-sized card describes a brief assessment process to determine if a client may be suicidal and how to respond. Includes the Lifeline phone number. Look under "Wallet Cards for Counselors" for .pdf and customizable copies.
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The assessment and management of people at risk of suicide: For emergency departments and mental health services acute assessment settings [New Zealand]: URL: http://www.nzgg.org.nz/guidelines/0005/Assessment_Management_Algorithm.pdf
Commissioned by the Ministry of Health and developed by the New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG), these evidence-based guidelines offer "how to" advice on assessing and managing people presenting at hospitals with suicidal thoughts, or after a suicide attempt.
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Assessment of suicidal behaviors and risk in children and adolescents: URL: http://www.suicidology.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=235&name=DLFE-141.pdf
An online listing of interview, self-report, and screening tools for assessing suicide in children and adolescents, including behaviors, risk, intentionality, attitudes, reasons, exposure to suicide, and other factors. Includes psychometric properties, where to obtain the instrument, and references. Reproduced from a technical report submitted to the National Institute of Mental Health by D. Goldston (2000).
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Assessment of suicidal risk in adults and older adults: URL: http://www2.endingsuicide.com/TopicReq?id=1918
An online listing of interview, self-report, and screening tools for assessing suicide in adults in older adults, including behaviors, ideation, behaviors, risk, medical lethality, hopelessness, reasons for living, and provider attitudes and knowledge. Includes psychometric properties and references. Reproduced from a technical report submitted to the National Institute of Mental Health by GK Brown.
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Depression in Children and Adolescents: Information for Parents and Educators: URL: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/handouts/revisedPDFs/depression.pdf
This handout describes the problem of depression, symptoms, risk factors, ways to determine if a student is depressed, available treatment options and how to access them, and whole school approaches to prevent suicide.
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Elder suicide prevention: A review of best practices and recommendations for state initiatives in Maine: URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/elderSPmaine.pdf
This manual describes: evidence based practices of elder suicide prevention; screening tools for assessing elder suicide risk; best practices in elder suicide prevention across the U.S.; current training programs for direct care staff in other states; public awareness education campaigns; and funding sources that could support Maine in pursuing this issue further. Prepared for the Joint Advisory Committee on Select Services for Older Persons (JAC) and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
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ElderVention: Physical Location/Acquisition Information: Information on the program: http://www.aaaphx.org/ELDERVENTION
This program provides prevention education for older adults who are at risk for depression and suicide. Workshops are held at multiple venues, such as senior centers and long-term care facilities. Individual home-based education is provided for isolated, at-risk older adults. Mental health treatment services are also provided. The program promotes effective coping and social networks through life transitions. It also provides suicide prevention education to community professionals who work with older adults. This program is currently being scientifically evaluated.
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Mood disorders and substance use disorder: A complex comorbidity: URL: http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/Perspectives/vol3no1/MoodDis.pdf
NIDA Science and Practice Perspectives, 2005 Dec. This article explores the prevalence and relationship of co-occurring mood disorders and substance use disorders, describes a methodical approach to assessment, and reviews evidence based psychotherapeutic and pharmacotherapeutic treatments.
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National Guidelines for Seniors' Mental Health: The assessment and treatment of mental health issues in long term care homes (focus on mood and behaviour symptoms): URL: http://www.ccsmh.ca/en/natlGuidelines/ltc.cfm
These national guidelines for Canada provide background information and recommendations related to the assessment and treatment of mental health issues in long-term care for older adults. There is also a brief section on organizational and system issues.
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National guidelines for seniors' mental health: The assessment of suicide risk and prevention of suicide (Canada): URL: http://www.ccsmh.ca/en/natlGuidelines/suicide.cfm
National guidelines for seniors' mental health series. Canada. The first interdisciplinary, national best practices guidelines to specifically address seniorsï¿½ suicide. These guidelines were written by and for interdisciplinary teams of health care professionals from across Canada.
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Perinatal depression: Prevalence, screening accuracy, and screening outcomes: URL: http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/peridepr/peridep.pdf
Overviews 30 research studies on the subject. Conclusions: available research suggests that depression is one of the most common perinatal complications and that fairly accurate and feasible screening measures are available.
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Practice guideline for the assessment and treatment of patients with suicidal behaviors: URL: http://www.psychiatryonline.com/pracGuide/pracGuideTopic_14.aspx
This practice guideline is based on available evidence and clinical consensus and offers recommendations to help psychiatrists in assessing and treating adult patients with suicidal behaviors. This report is not intended to be construed or to serve as a standard of medical care. Standards of medical care are determined on the basis of all clinical data available for an individual patient and are subject to change as scientific knowledge and technology advance and practice patterns evolve. These parameters of practice should be considered guidelines only.
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Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders.: URL: http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=6507
This practice guideline seeks to aid clinicians in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders.
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Preventing youth suicide: Tips for parents and educators: URL: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/suicideprevention.aspx
This webpage describes the risk and resiliency factors related to suicide, warning signs of suicide, ways in which to respond, and parent or caregiver notification.
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Resource guide for implementing the 2007 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare patient safety goals on suicide: URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/jcsafetygoals.pdf
This document serves as a resource guide, using the B-SAFE protocol as a centerpiece to facilitate implementation of the Joint Commission patient safety goal on suicide.
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The returning veteran of the Iraq War: Background issues and assessment guidelines: URL: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/manuals/manual-pdf/iwcg/iraq_clinician_guide_ch_3.pdf
From the document: Addresses the following issues: a) What are the features of the Iraq War that may significantly impact the quality of life, well-being, and mental health of returning veterans? b) What are important areas of functioning to evaluate in returning veterans? and c) What might be beneficial for veterans of the Iraq War who present clinically needrequest clinical services? The information presented provides an initial schematic so that clinicians in the Department of Veterans Affairs can begin to appreciate the experience of soldiers returning from the Iraq War.
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SAFE-T pocket card: Physical Location/Acquisition Information: Hard copies can be ordered through the SAMHSA Mental Health Information Center http://nmhicstore.samhsa.gov/publications/ordering.aspx Inventory no. SMA09-4432
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/safe_t_pcktcrd_edc.pdf
The SAFE-T card guides clinicians through five steps which address the patient's level of suicide risk and suggest appropriate interventions. It is intended to provide an accessible and portable resource to the mental health professional whose clinical practice includes suicide assessment. The card lists key risk and protective factors that should be considered in the course of completing the five steps. This version of the card, updated in 2009, addresses both adult and adolescent populations. The PDF image of the card prints out in the center of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper because the original is a 6" x 7" two-sided, folded pocket card.
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Save a Friend: Tips for Teens to Prevent Suicide: URL: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/savefriend_general.aspx
This webpage discusses risk factors related to traumatic events, warning signs for suicide among fellow students, and ways in which friends can respond and access help.
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School-based suicide prevention: A matter of life and death: Physical Location/Acquisition Information: To obtain a free copy contact Jan Ulrich at jan.ulrich@ky.gov or 502.564.4456
This video is a helpful tool to use with school decision makers regarding the need for school-based suicide prevention/postvention programs and crisis planning. School administrators and staff share their experiences of dealing with the suicides of their students. An overview is given of school-based suicide prevention programs and crisis planning to reduce suicide among middle and high school students, including potential suicide contagion. The video emphasizes the importance of educating staff using gatekeeper programs and educating and screening students with evidence-based programs.
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Screening as an approach to suicide prevention in adolescents: URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/trainingandevents/conferences/pa/pdf/ScreeningApproachSuicidePrevention.pdf
From SPRC's Suicide Prevention Regional Planning Conference- Regions 3 & 5, May 2005. This presentation by Juan Pena and Eric Caine describes terminology, methods, and tools for adolescent suicide screening as well discusses feasibility, effectiveness and considerations for implanting a screening program.
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Screening for depression and suicidality in a VA primary care setting: 2 items are better than 1 Item: URL: http://www.ajmc.com/media/pdf/AJMC04novPrt2Corson839.pdf
American Journal of Managed Care. 2004 Nov; Clinical: 839-45. Compares To evaluate a single item depression screen the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) as tools in screening for depression and suicidality in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care setting.
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Screening for suicide risk: URL: http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/guidecps/PDF/CH50.PDF
In U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Guide to clinical preventive services, Second Edition (pp. 547-55). Washington: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Describes: suicide data for 1993; accuracy of screening tests; and effectiveness of early detection.
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Screening for suicide risk: recommendation statement: URL: http://guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=4778&nbr=3457&string=screening+AND+suicide
Summary of the following article: Screening for suicide risk: recommendation and rationale. Ann Intern Med 2004 May 18;140(10):820-1. States the recommendations made by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on screening for suicide.
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Screening/assessing students: indicators and tools: URL: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/assessment/assessment.pdf
This packet of author-produced and collected materials includes overviews, outlines, checklists, instruments, and recommendations and guidelines from federal agencies related to early identification through screening. It also examines the controversy related to the many false positives resulting from universal screening, as well as issues related to screening high-risk youth.
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Suicide Assessment and Prevention for Older Adults: URL: http://www.ccsmh.ca/pdf/CCSMH_suicideBrochure.pdf
This brochure describes how clinicians can recognize suicide risk, engage at-risk elders in the assessment process, perform an assessment, and address immediate and ongoing risk management. It also lists risk and resiliency factors, warning signs, and organizations that can provide additional information.
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Suicide in children and adolescents: Information for teachers: URL: http://www.schoolmentalhealth.org/Resources/Educ/suicide%20sheet%20teachers%207.29.08.pdf
This two-page fact sheet lists warning signs and appropriate actions to take.
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Suicide prevention (Quick training aids): URL: http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/quicktraining/suicideprevention.pdf
This quick training aid provides a brief overview and fact sheets on suicide rates and methods to assess and prevent suicide. Collected center materials and those from other sources include several tools and handouts for use with presentations.
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Suicide prevention and intervention: URL: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/Suicide%20Intervention%20in%20Secondary%20Schoools%20NASSP%20Oct%202006.pdf
This article provides guidance to administrators on the problem of student suicide; warning signs; suicide prevention planning, including school-wide approaches, such as gatekeeper training, screening, and establishing a suicide prevention task force; and postvention. Also includes legal considerations and responding to caregivers.
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Suicide Prevention Toolkit: URL: http://www.mhawisconsin.org/content/introductiontoolkit.asp
This online resource collection contains a large number of materials useful for starting a youth suicide prevention program. They are listed under nine different topic sections, including making the case for developing a program, coalition building, youth screening programs and classroom curricula, gatekeeper training, crisis planning and postvention, evaluation tools, and information on obtaining funding.
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Table of all screening tools & rating scales: URL: http://www2.massgeneral.org/schoolpsychiatry/screeningtools_table.asp
The screening tools and rating scales in this table can be used to help measure a young person�s mental health symptoms, and/or measure progress after interventions are put in place at school or at home. For each screening tool or rating scale, the table indicates: the age range for the instrument, who completes the instrument, the number of items in the instrument and how long it takes to complete, and whether free access is available on line.
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Teen Suicide: Facts for Families: URL: http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/teen_suicide
This tip sheet for parents explains signs that may indicate risk of suicide and ways in which they can respond appropriately and seek treatment.
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Times of Tragedy: Preventing Suicide in Troubled Children and Youth, Part I, Tips for Parents and Schools: URL: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/suicidept1_general.aspx
This webpage discusses the risk factors related to traumatic events, warning signs for suicide among teens for parents and teachers, and ways in which parents and teachers can respond and access help.
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Times of Tragedy: Preventing Suicide in Troubled Children and Youth, Part II, Tips for School Personnel or Crisis Team Members: URL: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/suicidept2_general.aspx
This webpage discusses risk factors related to traumatic events, warning signs for suicide among teens for school personnel and school crisis teams members, ways in which they can respond and access help, legal considerations, and dealing with families.
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Tips for Teachers: Teen Depression and Suicide: URL: http://www.studyatapu.com/tips-for-teachers/APU_Suicide0709.pdf
This sample tip sheet provides guidance on how teachers can recognize depression or risk of suicide in teens, how they should respond, and ways to access help.
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Use of screening to identify and engage students at risk: Overview of campus screening, The: URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/campus/PDF/Haas_EvaluationScreeningPrograms.pdf
Campus Suicide Prevention Grantee Technical Assistance Meeting. January 17-19, 2007, Gaithersburg, MD. Highlights key issues in designing and implementing a campus-based program to screen students for suicide risk and encourage them to seek help.
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What Every Teacher Should Know: URL: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ipe/ysp/spubs.html
This brochure, available in both English and Spanish, discusses the scope of youth suicide in Oregon, ways teachers can recognize warning signs in students, ways to access help for them, and how to engage families in accessing services.
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When a Student Seems Dangerous to Self or Others: URL: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/practicenotes/dangerous.pdf
This one-page information sheet provides specific guidance to schools on how to respond when a student appears at imminent risk of violence or suicidal acts.
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When It Hurts to Be a Teenager: URL: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/Depression%20NASSP%20October%2003.pdf
This article discusses characteristics of depression and other mood disorders and how depression differs from adolescent moodiness, ways to identify depression, and ways in which schools can respond in assisting students with depression and prevent suicide.
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When it seems like there is no hope, there is help: URL: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/Materials/Default.aspx
This brochure lists the warning signs for suicide and has the Lifeline phone number. It also has two wallet-sized cards with this same information that you can tear off and put in your wallet. Also available in Spanish. Look under Wallet Cards for .pdf and customizable versions
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Youth at Risk for Mental Illness and Suicide: Screening Instruments and Assessment in SBHCs: URL: http://www.nasbhc.org/atf/cf/%7BCD9949F2-2761-42FB-BC7A-CEE165C701D9%7D/NL_Fall%202003.pdf
A description of the treatment process for TeenScreen, where positive TeenScreen assessments are followed by a more detailed assessment using instruments such as The NIMH DISC (Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children), The Voice DISC (Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children), or the DISC Predictive Scales (DPS. The article begins on p. 5.
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Youth Suicidal Behavior: Prevention and Intervention: URL: http://www.helppromotehope.com/documents/Zenere_for_parents.pdf
This PowerPoint presentation covers the risk and protective factors that influence the potential for suicidal behavior, five warning signs that increase the possibility for suicidal behavior, and actions that teachers and parents can take to prevent youth suicide.
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Youth Suicide Is Preventable: How Parents Can LOOK LISTEN AND HELP: Physical Location/Acquisition Information: A Spanish language version can be downloaded from the website and an English language version can be ordered.
URL: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ipe/ysp/spubs.html
This brochure for parents discusses their role in recognizing changes in their child's that may indicate risk of depression or suicide and outlines how they can intervene to prevent a crisis and access help.
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