Suicide Assessment and Treatment: An Update for Professionals

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Overview8:30 AM (PST) - 2:00 PM (PST) | 11:30 AM (EST) - 5:00 PM (EST)

With suicide rates increasing by 30% in the last 2 decades, suicide remains a pressing public health challenge. This course provides an overview of key topics in suicide assessment, prevention, and treatment that is relevant to all treatment settings and clinical disciplines. This course will cover assessment factors such as family history, past trauma, social isolation, and support systems and cultural/religious beliefs that stigmatize mental health or suicide. Prevention topics addressed will cover recognizing warning signs, responding to crises, and connecting individuals to appropriate resources and enhancing social support networks and community resilience. Putting concepts into practice, the course will also cover treatment methods such as psychotherapy, medication, hospitalization for acute risk or severe mental health crises, collaborative care models, follow-up care and ongoing monitoring.

RegistrationNo CE Credit - you will not be able to obtain credit: Free CE Credit: $65

For those who register, they will receive a link to the 247 page comprehensive and recently updated online resource entitled Current Status of Suicide-Focused Assessment and Treatment - click here to see an overview.

CreditsAMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (5.00 hours), APA Continuing Education credits (5.00 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (5.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (5.00 hours)

Target AudienceSpecialties - Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesProfessions - Advance Practice Nurse (APN), Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Psychologist, Registered Nurse (RN), Social Worker, Student ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to: 1. Identify ways to improve assessment of suicide risk and how to incorporate them into practice.2. Discuss innovations in the treatment of the suicidal patient, including psychopharmacologic, interventional, and psychotherapeutic approaches, and safety planning. 3. Explore the interplay between psychotherapy and somatic therapy that focuses on how to optimize treatment outcomes for suicidal patients.

AccreditationIn support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.