Suicide Risk Assessment
Suicide
Risk Assessment Training Video
David Knesper, M.D.
"Every suicide has its own story. When risk is highest, that is the time patients are most secretive about their true intentions. The clinician's job is to identify situations when patients are most likely to be developing a suicide story and to use specific techniques to get the patient to reveal to them the contents of every chapter. Of course, once the story is known, appropriate interventions must be administered to prevent the patient from ever writing the last chapter."
Additional Suicide Assessment Materials
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines: Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Suicidal Behaviors
Douglas Jacobs, MD; and Margaret Brewer, RN, MBA "APA Practice Guideline Provides Recommendations for Assessing and Treating Patients With Suicidal Behaviors" PSYCHIATRIC ANNALS 34:5, MAY 2004
University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry/David Knesper, M.D.:
Six Interviewing Strategies Relevant to Suicide Risk Assessment - This information is a very brief summary of material found in The Practical Art of Suicide Assessment by Dr. Shawn Shea. This excellent book was published by John Wiley & Sons in 1999.
Suicide Information and Support Groups
