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Sentinel Event Alert 56: Detecting and treating suicide ideation in all settings

Publication Date: 2016
File: Detecting_and_Treating_Suicide_Ideation.pdf
Abstract:
Through this alert, The Joint Commission aims to assist all health care organizations providing both inpatient and outpatient care to better identify and treat individuals with suicide ideation. Clinicians in emergency, primary and behavioral health care settings particularly have a crucial role in detecting suicide ideation and assuring appropriate evaluation. Behavioral health professionals… (read more)
Tag(s):
mental health, prevention, risk assessment and management, strategies, suicide
Author(s):
The Joint Commission