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Effective Management Strategies and Referral for Suicide and Self-Harm in Primary Care Patients
A review of healthcare patterns in primary care shows: 1) primary care patients often do not want to seek care in mental health settings, and 2) the primary care provider is often the last contact prior to a completed suicide. Knowing how to assess for risk, refer to appropriate care, and manage patients' suicidal ideation or self-harm behaviors is an integral part of providing good care. Participants will learn basic facts vs. myths about suicide, obtain practical tools to use with their patients, know how the medical and mental health systems interact, and learn how to effectively interact with their patients having suicidal or self-harm ideation.
| What | Health Professionals |
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| When |
Mar 19, 2010 08:30 AM
Mar 19, 2010 04:30 PM
Mar 19, 2010 08:30 am |
| Where | Hotel Deca, Seattle WA |
| Contact Name | Eddie Edmondson, LICSW - Manager of CHAMMP Training Institute |
| Contact Email | CTItrain@uw.edu |
| Contact Phone | 206.744.1751 |
| Attendees | Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Nurses, Social Workers, Pharmacists, Clinic Administrators |
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This workshop is directed specifically to all providers in the primary care setting -- physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical assistants, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, and clinic administrators -- charged with managing client risk.
After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
Understand statistics about suicide and self-harm
- Differentiate between suicide and self-harm
- Identify risk factors for suicide and self-harm
Learn how to structure and prepare one's practice to address suicidal and self-harm behavior
- Recognize suicide risk factors, including depression
- Understand the mental health system--its purpose and its limits
- Distinguish the appropriate sources to refer patients (e.g., Dialectical Behavior Therapy, emergency room, crisis clinic)
- Manage the risk to one's patients
- Write appropriate and clear documentation
Know how to address suicidal and self-harm behavior in one's patients when it occurs
- Learn about conducting an effective and efficient suicide evaluation and crisis intervention in 20-30 minutes
- Understand when and why patients deny suicide risk and how to overcome this
- Use empirically supported crisis intervention strategies
- Find support and resources in the community for patients, their families, and yourselves
