Suicide Assessment - Confidence to Make the Call (2 CECH)
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Suicide Assessment - Confidence to Make the Call
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – a time set aside to come together to raise awareness and discuss suicide prevention. Join WSU SSW on September 30, 2021, to discuss the most up-to-date research on the risk factors for suicide, how to assess for risk, and how to develop a plan of action.
Course Objectives
1. Improve understanding of risk factors for suicide, especially among high-risk populations.
2. Discover changes in suicidal behavior over the past 20 years to inform assessment of risk.
3. Learn evidence-based approaches to assessing suicide and determining a plan of action.
2 Social Work CE's will be available to attendees
Presenter: Scott James Smith, PhD, LMSW
CECH: 2
Cost: $15.00
Description
Scott James Smith, PhD, LMSW is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Oakland University. Additionally, he is a lecturer at the Oakland University/William Beaumont School of Medicine and is on staff at William Beaumont Hospital -Royal Oak's Emergency Center where he provides psychiatric assessments and support. He also serves as a contributing member of the Wayne State School of Social Work Center for Behavioral Health and Justice. As a social worker, Smith has worked in various crisis mental health roles and worked closely with law enforcement.He provides a wide range of trainings and psychological services to police agencies, fire departments, and EMS companies to both prepare them to interact with individuals experiencing mental health and substance abuse challenges as well as to address their own mental health needs.
In this session, Smith will discuss the most up-to-date research on the risk factors for suicide, how to assess for risk, and how to develop a plan of action.
Course Objectives
1. Improve understanding of risk factors for suicide, especially among high-risk populations.
2. Discover changes in suicidal behavior over the past 20 years to inform assessment of risk.
3. Learn evidence-based approaches to assessing suicide and determining a plan of action.
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References
O'Connor Rory C. and Kirtley Olivia J. (2018). The integrated motivational–volitional model of suicidal behavior. PhilosophicalTransactions of the Royal Society B, 373(1754). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0268 Sattelberg, N., Svetaki, J., Hughes, I.,Almeida-Crasto, A., Geetadevi, T., Gill, N., . . .
Turner, K. (2020). Efficacy of the Zero Suicide framework in reducing recurrent suicide attempts: Cross-sectional and time-to-recurrent-event analyses. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-10. doi:10.1192/bjp.2020.190
Turecki, G. et al. (2019). Suicide and suicide risk. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 5(74). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-019-0121-0
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