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Conversations About Suicide: Strategies for Detecting and Assessing Suicide Risk

John Sommers-Flanagan, PhD

When patients disclose suicidal thoughts, clinicians often feel their anxiety rise. The best remedies for clinician anxiety include an understanding of suicide dynamics and a thoughtful and empathic engagement with patients. Engagement with patients typically includes collaborative exploration of eight psychological, interpersonal, and situational dimensions related to suicidality. These dimensions are rooted in suicide theories and empirical research. In this article, specific strategies are described and illustrated, including strategies for initiating conversations about suicide, exploring different dimensions of suicide, and engaging patients in steps to increase their safety.

Year 2018
Credit 2
Level Intermediate
Price $25.00
Learning Objectives
  1. Describe risk and protective factors for suicide.
  2. Apply various ways of initiating conversations about suicide with patients.
  3. Demonstrate appropriate assessment and treatment methods to manage suicide ideation and intent.
Citation

Sommers-Flanagan, J. (2018). Conversations about suicide: Strategies for detecting and assessing suicide risk. Journal of Health Service Psychology, 44, 33–45.

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