Suicide Assessment and Prevention
Course #66441 -
- Participation Instructions
- Review the course material online or in print.
- Complete the course evaluation.
- Review your Transcript to view and print your Certificate of Completion. Your date of completion will be the date (Pacific Time) the course was electronically submitted for credit, with no exceptions. Partial credit is not available.
Suicide is a major preventable public health problem and cause of mortality. This course will review the major aspects of suicide assessment, management, and prevention, with a special focus on military veterans. Psychology care contact may represent the last opportunity for intervention in the severely depressed suicidal patient, making the thorough comprehension of identification and treatment of depression and suicide risk imperative.
- INTRODUCTION
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUICIDE
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR
- SUICIDE AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS
- RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR SUICIDE
- IMMINENT SUICIDE
- SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
- SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT OF SUICIDE RISK
- MANAGEMENT OF SUICIDAL PATIENTS
- SUICIDE PREVENTION
- SUICIDE SURVIVORS: TREATMENT AND RESOURCES
- CONCLUSION
- Works Cited
- Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations Citations
This intermediate course is designed for psychologists who may identify persons at risk for suicide and intervene to prevent or manage suicidality.
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
NetCE designates this continuing education activity for 6 credit(s).
The purpose of this course is to provide psychologists with an appreciation of the impact of depression and suicide on patient health as well as the skills necessary to identify and intervene for patients at risk for suicide.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Review the epidemiology of suicide.
- Describe the impact of suicide in the treatment of special populations, including among military veterans.
- Identify risk and protective factors for suicide.
- Discuss warning signs of imminent suicide and the importance of lethal means.
- Evaluate tools available for the assessment and evaluation of suicide risk.
- Outline key components of an effective suicide prevention plan.
Mark Rose, BS, MA, is a licensed psychologist and researcher in the field of alcoholism and drug addiction based in Minnesota. He has written or contributed to the authorship of numerous papers on addiction and other medical disorders and has written books on prescription opioids and alcoholism published by the Hazelden Foundation. He also serves as an Expert Advisor and Expert Witness to various law firms on matters related to substance abuse, is on the Board of Directors of the Minneapolis-based International Institute of Anti-Aging Medicine, and is a member of several professional organizations.
Contributing faculty, Mark Rose, BS, MA, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
James Trent, PhD
The division planner has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
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