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Suicide Risk Assessment, Treatment, & Management

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Questions:

1. Why are optimized or 'no problem' questions problematic when asking about suicidal ideation?
2. What are five biopsychosocial risk factors for suicide?
3. What suicidal warning signs does the mnemonic IS PATH WARM stand for?
4. What is a reason why alcohol and/or drug misuse significantly affect suicide rates?
5. How are risk factors documented when completing a suicide risk assessment?
6. What are four evidence-based psychotherapy interventions for the prevention of suicide?
7. What are five signs of quality treatment program?
8. What are six steps in implementing the safety plan?
9. What are four tasks that administrators can assign clinical supervisors in making sure that the tasks involved in extending care beyond the immediate actions are carried out?
10. What are two primary approaches that can be used by schools to identify youth with possible increased risk for suicide?
11. What are nine suicidal risks that are specific to veterans?

Answers:

A. Ideation; Substance Abuse; Purposelessness; Anxiety; Trapped; Hopelessness; Withdrawal; Anger; Recklessness; Mood Changes.
B. Alcohol and other substance use disorders; Hopelessness; History of trauma or abuse; Previous suicide attempt; Family history of suicide.
C. They minimize the disclosure of suicidal ideation, a tension also described in other medical settings.
D. A standardized risk assessment tool is used to guide the clinical interview and its use is documented in the risk assessment; Risk factors for suicide are identified and discussed in the risk assessment; If the potential of secondary gain is indentified, secondary gain is not used to dismiss significant risk factors or to rule out suicide risk.
E. The disinhibition that occurs when a person is intoxicated.
F. Accreditation; Medication; Evidence-Based Practices; Families; Supports.
G. Following up on referrals; Case management as required, monitoring that clients are following a treatment plan established by the counselor and the clinical supervisors or by the treatment team; Checking in with the client and significant others (if warranted) to ensure that care is progressing; Continued observation and monitoring for suicidal thoughts and behaviors that may re-emerge after the initial crisis has passed.
H. Screening and Gatekeeper Surveillance.
I. Warning Signs; Internal Coping Strategies; Social Contacts Who May Distract from the Crisis; Family Members or Friends Who May Offer Help; Professionals and Agencies to Contact for Help; Making the Environment Safe.
J. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (CBT); Problem Solving Therapy (PST); Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT); Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).
K. Exposure to extreme stress; Physical/sexual assault while in the service (not limited to women); Service-related injury; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); PTSD; Lower rank or recent demotion; Access to/familiarity with firearms; Times of transition are particularly at risk; LGBT status.