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Suicide Assessment, Treatment, & Management

Section 4
Suicide Risk Levels

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and
Education Development Center, Inc.

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1. Risk for Suicide Attempt; Indicator for Suicide Risk; and Contributing Factors
2. Risk Level; Risk/Protective Factors; Suidality; and Possilbe Intervention
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- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline: Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide. February 2014. Pg. 6.

- Education Development Center, Inc. Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage for Mental Health Professionals. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 2009. Pg. 2.

Update
Suicide Risk in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome

- Simonetti, A., Bernardi, E., Janiri, D., Mazza, M., Montanari, S., Catinari, A., Terenzi, B., Tosato, M., Galluzzo, V., Ciciarello, F., Landi, F., & Sani, G. (2022). Suicide Risk in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome. Journal of personalized medicine, 12(12), 2019.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Carter, G., & Spittal, M. J. (2018). Suicide risk assessment: Risk stratification is not accurate enough to be clinically useful and alternative approaches are needed. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 39(4), 229–234.

Hom, M. A., Joiner, T. E., Jr., & Bernert, R. A. (2016). Limitations of a single-item assessment of suicide attempt history: Implications for standardized suicide risk assessment. Psychological Assessment, 28(8), 1026–1030.

Micol, V. J., Prouty, D., & Czyz, E. K. (2021). Enhancing motivation and self-efficacy for safety plan use: Incorporating motivational interviewing strategies in a brief safety planning intervention for adolescents at risk for suicide. Psychotherapy.

Picard, E. H., & Rosenfeld, B. (2020). How clinicians incorporate suicide risk factors into suicide risk assessment. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Advance online publication.

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