Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk

Education Development Center

Education Development Center

Program Type

Education/Training

Cost

Yes, under $500

Evidence Type

Empirically Defined Evidence

Strategy

Identify and support people at risk

Program or Intervention Summary

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) Training teaches clinicians and other healthcare professionals who conduct suicide risk assessments how to determine the level of suicide risk for an individual. It focuses on developing abilities in recognizing, assessing, and managing suicide risk, along with delivering effective, tailored interventions. AMSR imparts the fundamental competencies necessary to comply with evidence-based standards of suicide care. Health and behavioral health clinicians working in various settings can assist adult and adolescent patients at increased suicide risk by applying the identification, assessment, and management skills learned in the AMSR course. The training also provides a language for the clinician to use with non-clinical staff who are also involved in the care that the individual is receiving.

Program or Intervention Summary

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) Training teaches clinicians and other healthcare professionals who conduct suicide risk assessments how to determine the level of suicide risk for an individual. It focuses on developing abilities in recognizing, assessing, and managing suicide risk, along with delivering effective, tailored interventions. AMSR imparts the fundamental competencies necessary to comply with evidence-based standards of suicide care. Health and behavioral health clinicians working in various settings can assist adult and adolescent patients at increased suicide risk by applying the identification, assessment, and management skills learned in the AMSR course. The training also provides a language for the clinician to use with non-clinical staff who are also involved in the care that the individual is receiving.

Type Education/Training, Screening
Setting Health care facility, Mental health facility
People Young Adults (18 to 25 years), Mature Adults (26 to 64 years), Medical professionals (i.e. physicians, dentists), Mental health professionals (i.e. therapists, social workers)
Prevention Level Promotion, Prevention, Maintenance
Languages English
Study Method Quantitative
Implementer Requirement Experts through lived experience, Mental health providers
Training Requirement Yes
Delivery Options In person, Virtual
Topics Promote protective factors, Improve communication about suicide, Improve provider attitudes, knowledge, skills

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