ALL PATIENTS SAFE

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Resources and References

 

Resources by Slide

Slide

Resource

LEARN Method of Suicide Prevention

LEARN Quick Steps Reference

Screening for Suicide Risk

Updated Joint Commission Recommendations (December 2018)

 

National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, Best Practices in Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk: Inpatient Care to Outpatient Care

 

Washington State Bree Collaborative Standards

Review: Depression Screening in Primary Care Settings

Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) Tool

Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) Tool

Screening Special Populations: Pediatric

 

Severity Measure for Depression[DR1] , Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)

Screening Special Populations: Pregnant & Post-Partum Women

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

Screening Special Populations: LBG & Transgender

APA Practice Guidelines for LGB Clients

Pause & Reflect, LEARN Steps: Look

Suicide Prevention Protocol

SAFE-T Assessment

SAFE-T Card

SAFE-T Step 3: What is C-SSRS

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

Plan for Safety

UW AIMS Center Patient Safety Plan Template (template is on page 9)

Crisis Lines & Other Supports

LGB & Transgender and Veteran Hotlines:

 

Veterans Crisis Line

Confidential, national, available 24/7/365, and serves all Veterans, Service members, National Guard and Reserve, and their families and friends.

Contact options:

·         Call: 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1

·         Text: 838255

·         Chat: connect at veteranscrisisline.net

·         Support for deaf and hard of hearing: 1-800-799-4889

 

Military Crisis Line

Confidential, national, available 24/7/365, and serves active duty, Guard and reserve members, and their families and friends. Contact options:

·         Call: 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1

·         Text: 838255

 

The Trevor Project

National, confidential, available 24/7/365, with 3 contact options:

·         TrevorLifeline, 1-866-488-7386 (phone)

·         TrevorChat (online IM)

·         TrevorText (texting)

 

Trans Lifeline

National, staffed exclusively by trans operators, currently has no middle of night guaranteed coverage

·         Call: 1-877-565-8860

 

LGBT National Senior Hotline

National, confidential, limited hours

·         Call: 1-888-234-7243

·         Email: help@LGBThotline.org

 

Tony: Safety Planning

UW AIMS Center Patient Safety Plan Template (template is on page 9)

 

Additional Resources

TakeBackYourMeds.org

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 1-800-273-8255 (Available 24 hours every day) https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Forefront: http://www.intheforefront.org/

Safer Homes: http://depts.washington.edu/safehome/

AIMS Center: http://aims.uw.edu/

American Association of Suicidology:  http://suicidology.org/

Beacon Health Call to Action: http://beaconlens.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Beacon-Suicide-Whitepaper-Final.pdf

Suicide Prevention Resource Center: http://www.sprc.org/

Zero Suicide: http://zerosuicide.sprc.org/

 

References

Slide Title

Specific Detail from Source

Source/Citation

Screening for Suicide Risk (cont’d)

USPSTF recommendations to screen adolescents and adults for depression when appropriate systems are in place to ensure adequate diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.

www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org

Specifically:  https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/suicide-risk-in-adolescents-adults-and-older-adults-screening#consider  

Screening for Suicide Risk (contd)

2018 Joint Commission recommendations

https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/tjc/documents/standards/jc-requirements/behavioral/2019/revised_npsg150101_jcp1218pdf.pdf?db=web&hash=C44CE099E8F63609B7D690F2B9D47742

US Preventive Services Task Force

2016 USPSTF recommendations

https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/depression-in-adults-screening

 

Review

Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

Developed by Drs. Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B.W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke and colleagues (accessed Aug. 17, 2015). Kroenke K., Spitzer R. L., & Williams J. B. (2003). The patient health questionnaire-2: Validity of a two-item depression screener. Medical Care, 41(11), 1284–1292.

Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1495268/

https://www.phqscreeners.com/images/sites/g/files/g10060481/f/201412/PHQ-9_English.pdf

Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2)

Kroenke K, et al. The Patient Health Questionnaire-2: Validity of a Two-Item Depression Screener. Medical Care 2003, (41) 1284-1294 (accessed Aug. 17, 2015).

https://cde.drugabuse.gov/sites/nida_cde/files/PatientHealthQuestionnaire-2_v1.0_2014Jul2.pdf

Zero Suicide in Health and Behavioral Health Care

Screening for and assessing suicide risk. (Accessed July 27, 2015). http://zerosuicide.sprc.org/toolkit/identify/screening-and-assessing-suicide-risk

Screening Special Populations:  Pediatric

PHQ-A

Johnson JG, Harris ES, Spitzer RL, Williams JBW: The Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents: Validation of an instrument for the assessment of mental disorders among adolescent primary care patients. J Adolescent Health 30:196–204, 2002.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11869927

Ask Suicide Screening Questions

Horowitz LM, Bridge JA, Teach SJ, Ballard E, Klima J, Rosenstein DL, Wharff EA, Ginnis K, Cannon E, Joshi P, Pao M. Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ). A Brief Instrument for the Pediatric Emergency Department Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. December 2012. 166(12):1170–1176.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23027429

BHS

Diamond G, Levy S, Bevans KB, et al. Development, validation, and utility of Internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents. Pediatrics 2010;126(1):163–70.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20566613

Screening Special Populations:  Pregnant & Post-Partum Women

General reference

Orsolini, Laura et al. “Suicide during Perinatal Period: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Clinical Correlates.” Frontiers in Psychiatry 7 (2016): 138. PMC. Web. 6 Sept. 2017.

Or

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4981602/

KL Wisner, BL Parry, CM Piontek. Postpartum Depression. 347(3): N Engl J Med 194-199. 2002.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12124409

Scale

JL Cox, JM Holden, R Sagovsky. Detection of Postnatal Depression: Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. 150: Br J Psychiatry 782-786. 1987.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3651732

https://psychology-tools.com/epds/

PHQ-9 and EPDS may be applied with equal confidence in screening for MDE in the community.

Santos IS, Tavares BF, Munhoz TN, et al. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 versus Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in screening for major depressive episodes: a cross-sectional population-based study. BMC Research Notes. 2017;10:57.

Or

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5251208/ 

Screening Special Populations: LGB and Transgender

 

https://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/guidelines

Review

Risk Factors

https://afsp.org/about-suicide/risk-factors-and-warning-signs/

 

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/riskprotectivefactors.html

 

Suicide Assessment in Medical Setting

 

https://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/SEA_56_Suicide.pdf

Suicide Assessment in Medical Setting

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

SAFE-T

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAFE-T-Pocket-Card-Suicide-Assessment-Five-Step-Evaluation-and-Triage-for-Clinicians/sma09-4432

SAFE-T Assessment

SAFE-T

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAFE-T-Pocket-Card-Suicide-Assessment-Five-Step-Evaluation-and-Triage-for-Clinicians/sma09-4432  

SAFE-T Assessment

SAFE-T

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAFE-T-Pocket-Card-Suicide-Assessment-Five-Step-Evaluation-and-Triage-for-Clinicians/sma09-4432  

SAFE-T Step 1: Risk Factors

Risk factors

https://afsp.org/about-suicide/risk-factors-and-warning-signs/

 

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/riskprotectivefactors.html

Pediatric-Specific Risk Factors

Non-completion of high school

Han, B., Compton, W. M., Eisenberg, D., Milazzo-Sayre, L., McKeon, R., & Hughes, A. (2016). Prevalence and mental health treatment of suicidal ideation and behavior among college students aged 18-25 years and their non-college-attending peers in the United States. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 77(6), 815-824. 

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27232194

30% of youth who die by suicide are LGBT

http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/migrate/library/SPRC_LGBT_Youth.pdf

 

LGBT youth

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2010-12-family-lgbt-youth-depression-substance.html

Social media and youth suicide

http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/012014p8.shtml

LGBT homelessness

http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/lgbtq.html

Peer victimization

JAMA. 2014 Aug 6;312(5):545-6. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.3212.

Peer victimization, cyberbullying, and suicide risk in children and adolescents.

Gini G, Espelage DL.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25096695

Suicide contagion

Media Contagion and Suicide Among the Young MADELYN GOULD, PATRICK JAMIESON, DANIEL ROMER AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST, Vol. 46 No. 9, May 2003 1269-1284 DOI: 10.1177/0002764202250670

 

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/medical/bioethics/nyspi/material/MediaContagionAndSuicide.pdf

NSSI

J Abnorm Psychol. 2013 Feb;122(1):231-7. doi: 10.1037/a0030278. Epub 2012 Oct 15. The relationship between nonsuicidal self-injury and attempted suicide: converging evidence from four samples.

Klonsky ED1, May AM, Glenn CR.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23067259

Veteran-Specific Risk Factors

Veteran Content

http://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/2300/2016/689NonDOH.pdf

Pregnant & Post-Partum-Specific Risk Factors

Risk factors

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4981602/

 

Front Psychiatry. 2016; 7: 138. Published online 2016 Aug 12.  doi:  10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00138 PMCID: PMC4981602

Suicide during Perinatal Period: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Clinical Correlates

 

Laura Orsolini,1,2,3,4,* Alessandro Valchera,2,3 Roberta Vecchiotti,2,3,4 Carmine Tomasetti,3,5,6 Felice Iasevoli,3,6 Michele Fornaro,3,7 Domenico De Berardis,3,8,9 Giampaolo Perna,10,11 Maurizio Pompili,12 and Cesario Bellantuono13

SAFE-T Step 2: Identify Protective Factors

SAFE-T

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAFE-T-Pocket-Card-Suicide-Assessment-Five-Step-Evaluation-and-Triage-for-Clinicians/sma09-4432  

 

SAFE-T Step 2: Identify Protective Factors

Protective factors

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/riskprotectivefactors.html

https://afsp.org/about-suicide/risk-factors-and-warning-signs/

 

SAFE-T Step 3: Conduct Suicide Inquiry

SAFE-T

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAFE-T-Pocket-Card-Suicide-Assessment-Five-Step-Evaluation-and-Triage-for-Clinicians/sma09-4432  

 

SAFE-T Step 3: What is C-SSRS

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

SAFE-T Step 3: How to use C-SSRS

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

How to Step Through the C-SSRS

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

Scenario #1: Questions 1 & 2

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

Scenario #1:   Question 6

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

Scenario #2: Questions 1 & 2

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

Scenario #3: Questions 3 through 5

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

Scenario #2:   Question 6

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

SAFE-T Step 4: Determine Level of Risk

SAFE-T

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAFE-T-Pocket-Card-Suicide-Assessment-Five-Step-Evaluation-and-Triage-for-Clinicians/sma09-4432  

 

SAFE-T Step 4: Determining Level of Risk

SAFE-T

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAFE-T-Pocket-Card-Suicide-Assessment-Five-Step-Evaluation-and-Triage-for-Clinicians/sma09-4432  

 

Low Risk

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

Moderate Risk

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

High Risk

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

https://www.bcbst.com/docs/providers/Behavioral-health-toolkit/cssrs-lifetime.pdf

SAFE-T Step 5: Document

SAFE-T

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAFE-T-Pocket-Card-Suicide-Assessment-Five-Step-Evaluation-and-Triage-for-Clinicians/sma09-4432  

 

Breaking Confidentiality and HIPAA (2 slides)

Circumstances where it is allowed to break confidentiality

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr/office/lettertonationhcp.pdf

HIPPA and Mental Health

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/mental-health/index.html

 

Applicable laws

The HIPAA Privacy Rule permits a health care provider to disclose protected health information about an individual, without the individual’s authorization, to another health care provider for that provider’s treatment of the individual. See 45 CFR 164.506 and the definition of “treatment” at 45 CFR 164.501.

 

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2003-title45-vol1/xml/CFR-2003-title45-vol1-sec164-506.xml

Pediatric Population: Confidentiality and State Law

 

18 is the WA State’s age of majority for health RCW 26.28.010 http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=26.28.010

 

 

Parental participation in treatment decisions RCW 71.34.010

http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=71.34.010

 

Outpatient Mental Health RCW 71.34.530 https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=71.34.530

 

Inpatient Mental Health RCW 71.34.510 https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=71.34.510

Special Situations: Intoxicated Patients

Guidelines for emergency departments

In this guide , there is information on how to manage intoxicated patients:

http://www.sprc.org/edguide 

Guidelines for emergency departments

In this article, there is guidance on how to manage intoxicated patient:

http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(15)01264-0/pdf  

Plan for Safety

Example Guide

Safety Plan is on page 9:

https://aims.uw.edu/sites/default/files/AIMS_PsychiatricEmergencyManagement_2016.pdf

Safety planning quick guide for clinicians

http://www.sprc.org/resources-programs/safety-planning-guide-quick-guide-clinicians

Safety plan form

http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/Safety_plan_051812%20Final.pdf

Wallet card

http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/E1.Phase_3_wallet_card_%204-17-12.pdf

Suicide Contracts are Outdated and Don’t Work

No evidence that safety contracts are effective, and they can provide a false sense of security

J Clin Psychol. 2006 Feb;62(2):243-51. The case against no-suicide contracts: the commitment to treatment statement as a practice alternative. Rudd MD1, Mandrusiak M, Joiner Jr TE.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16342293

Making a Referral for Hospitalization

Resources for ED evaluation

http://www.sprc.org/edguide 

http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(15)01264-0/pdf 

Example protocols  for involuntary detention (King County, WA)

https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/community-human-services/mental-health-substance-abuse/services/crisis-services.aspx

 

Washington Specific

 

https://www.dshs.wa.gov/bha/division-state-hospitals/civil-commitment-inpatient-services

 

Care Transition after Hospitalization

Zero Suicide – Structured Follow-up and Monitoring

https://zerosuicide.edc.org/toolkit/transition#quicktabs-transition=1

 

Care Transition

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25145741

Caring Contacts Intervention

 

Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1976 Winter;6(4):223-30.

Suicide prevention for high-risk persons who refuse treatment.

Motto JA.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1023455

 

Psychiatr Serv. 2001 Jun;52(6):828-33.

A randomized controlled trial of postcrisis suicide prevention.

Motto JA1, Bostrom AG.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11376235

 

Crisis. 2012 Jan 1;33(1):5-12. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000093.

Caring Letters Project: a military suicide-prevention pilot program.

Luxton DD1, Kinn JT, June JD, Pierre LW, Reger MA, Gahm GA.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21940244

 

Comtois KA, Kerbrat AH, DeCou CR, Atkins DC, Majeres JJ, Baker JC, Ries RK. Effect of Augmenting Standard Care for Military Personnel With Brief Caring Text Messages for Suicide Prevention. JAMA Psychiatry, 2019 May 1;76(5):474-483; DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4530

 

How and When to Use Caring Contacts Intervention

Sample Letters

https://zerosuicide.edc.org/resources/nowmattersnow-caring-contacts

 

Review: Antidepressants

 

N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 30;371(18):1666-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1408480.

Antidepressants' black-box warning--10 years later.

Friedman RA

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25354101

Specific Anti-Suicide Medications

Patients with mood disorders have a 30-fold greater risk of suicide compared to the general population.

Rihmer Z, Kiss K. Bipolar disorders and suicidal behaviour
Bipolar Disord 2002: 4(Suppl. 1): 21–25.

 

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1399-5618.4.s1.3.x/full

Compelling evidence provides strong support that lithium has a suicide protective effect over the long-term course in patients with mood disorders.

Suicide Specific Psychosocial Interventions

 

 

Evidence-based psychotherapies for suicide prevention

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25145738

Become a Practice Champion

General

http://zerosuicide.sprc.org/champions

Resources for more structured approach

http://zerosuicide.sprc.org/

SPRC sample protocol development kit

http://www.sprc.org/settings/primary-care/toolkit

How to Get Started

Read Zero Suicide introductory materials

http://zerosuicide.edc.org/

Complete Zero Suicide Organizational Self Study

http://zerosuicide.sprc.org/sites/zerosuicide.actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org/files/Zero%20Suicide%20Organizational%20Self-Study.pdf

Practice

SPRC

http://www.sprc.org/settings/primary-care  http://www.sprc.org/settings/primary-care/toolkit

AIMS Center

https://aims.uw.edu/sites/default/files/AIMS_PsychiatricEmergencyManagement_2016.pdf

AAFP

http://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/patient_care/nrn/yawnppdfpmiapl.pdf

Next Steps for Suicide Protocol

Zero Suicide Work Plan

http://zerosuicide.edc.org/sites/zerosuicide.actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org/files/Zero%20Suicide%20Workplan%20Template%2012.6.17.pdf

 


 [DR1]The PHQ-A should precede this measure here, but the original link no longer works and I wasn’t able to find a public domain version. We can ask around and add PHQ-A back when we have a good source.