The Columbia Scale*

Suicide Safe Care

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Part 1__Stress Model: Understanding Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior

What's Going on In Your Area?*
10 Million American Adults Seriously Consider Suicide Each Year*
Survey: Personal Experiences with Suicide
Results: Personal Experiences with Suicide*
Why Do People Become Suicidal?*
The Stress Model: Overview*
The Stress Model: Summary*
Course Objective: Use the Stress Model to explain suicidal thoughts and behavior to those you work with

Part 1__Recommended Standard Care: Working with Patients at Risk for Suicide

Welcome to Zero Suicide and Recommended Standard of Care
Introduction to Zero Suicide*
Zero Suicide
Recommended Standard Care Guidelines*
Health Affairs Article
Downloadable Support Tools
Course Objective: Name the main three components of Recommended Standard of Care for suicidal individuals

Part 1__Spotlight on Primary Care

Part 1__What Do We Know Prevents Suicide and Suicidal Behavior?

Two Brief interventions found to prevent suicide*
Other Interventions known to impact suicidal thoughts and behavior
Course Objective: Understand the power of addressing access to Lethal Means for suicide and providing Caring Contacts in preventing suicide

Part 2__Language Recommendations: Language Matters

What is Lived Experience?*
Lived Experience and Zero Suicide
Lived Experience Feedback
Died by Suicide NOT Committed Suicide
Attempt Suicide or Suicide NOT Successful or Unsuccessful
Person First and Working With
Avoid Judging and Assuming Intentions
Test Your Knowledge
Practice Assignment*
Downloadables
Course Objective: Explain Language Recommendations (from those with lived experience) concerning suicide.

Part 2__Depression Screening: Are You Having Thoughts You'd Be Better Off Dead?

Identifying and Assessing Those At Risk
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)*
PHQ: What Not to Say
The Columbia Scale*
Columbia: What Not to Say
Course Objective: Describe how existing Depression Screening tools can be used to identify those at greater risk for suicide.

Part 2__Making the Link: From Identification to Intervention

Part 2__Free Resources: Brief Interventions to Offer Immediately

Immediate Low Intensity Intervention is Possible
NowMattersNow.org: Share Coping Tools*
Lock2Live.org: Address Lethal Means*
Lifeline and Crisis Text Line: Program Crisis Numbers*
Caring Contacts: Give Tangible Hope*
Micro-Interventions
Navigating NowMattersNow.org*
Teach Stop Drop and Roll*
Course Objective: Share Free Resources (e.g. NowMattersNow.org, Lock2Live.org and crisis lines)*

Part 3__Safety Planning

Safety Planning - Introduction
Examples of Safety Plans
Asking about Lethal Means
Safety Plan: Overview
Step 1: Identify warning signs
Step 2: Personal coping strategies
Step 3: Find distractions (people and places)
Step 4: Assign people who can be asked for help
Step 5: List professional agencies
Step 6: Develop plan for managing the availability of lethal means
Course Objective: Convey the purpose of Safety Planning and where to find free Safety Planning tools.

Part 3__Enhanced Safety Plan Guide

Part 3__Here's How to Do This

Part 3__Post-Training Survey

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