Suicide Risk Assessment & Intervention in Clinical Practice
What you'll learn
- Participants will be able to identify the variables that may be increasing risk of suicide among vulnerable groups.
- Participants will be able to name the mental health disorders most associated with suicidal risk.
- Participants will be able to identify warning signs in clinical practice of suicide and the appropriate action(s) to employ.
- Participants will be able to list two screening tools for suicide risk and their place in the therapeutic process.
- Participants will possess resources to provide to clients, family and interested others for additional support and information sources on suicide prevention and education.
- Participants will be able to identify the elements of client clinical presentation necessitating either inpatient versus outpatient treatment.
Requirements
- No prerequisites
Description
This course is geared to behavioral health practitioners, paraprofessionals and graduate students in Psychology, Social Work and Counseling whom at some point in their internships/fellowships and careers will be faced with an individual seeking services and either presenting with, or while in treatment disclosing suicidal ideation.
1. Who might be at high risk? There will be a review of the prevalence of suicide in the USA in general and as it relates to different segments of the population, diagnostics and presentation.
2. When and how might we screen? A minimum of two screening tools (youth & adult) will be presented along with the pros and cons of their usage, and where in the intake and evaluation process they can be placed.
3. What is the clinical presentation? We will review signs that serve as prompts for further exploration.
4. What types of interventions are useful? Various modalities will be discussed.
5. Resources for clients/patients and family members.
Who this course is for:
- Behavioral health practitioners, paraprofessionals and graduate students in Psychology, Social Work and Counseling
Course content
- 00:14Welcome
- 00:10Introduction
- Preview05:22
- 00:39Module 1 - Risk Assessment
- 25:21Module 1 - Risk Assessment
- 10 questionsModule 1 - Risk Assessment
- 00:44Module 2 - Suicide and Psychiatric disorder
- 56:23Module 2 - Suicide and Psychiatric disorder
- 15 questionsModule 2 - Suicide and Psychiatric disorder
- 00:49Module 3 - Assessment process part 1
- 01:16:08Module 3 - Assessment process part 1
- 10 questionsModule 3 - Assessment process part 1
- 00:33Module 4 - Assessment process part 2
- 53:05Module 4 - Assessment process part 2
- 10 questionsModule 4 - Assessment process part 2
- 00:40Module 5 - Risk factors and treatment
- 37:57Module 5 - Risk factors and treatment
- 8 questionsModule 5 - Risk factors and treatment
- 00:23Module 6 - Case examples
- 51:54Module 6 - Case examples
- 6 questionsModule 6 - Case examples
- 00:21Module 7 - Call to action
- 05:51Module 7 - Call to action
- 01:15Congrats
Instructor
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Dr. Robert Rhoton, CEO of Arizona Trauma Institute and President at the Trauma Institute International possesses a rich history of experience in the mental health field. Dr. Rhoton has supervised multiple outpatient clinics, juvenile justice programs, and intensive outpatient substance abuse programs for adolescents, day treatment programs for youth and children, adult offender programs and child and family therapeutic services. Additionally, Dr. Rhoton has advanced training in child and adolescent trauma treatment, family therapy, and family trauma. Dr. Rhoton served as president of the Arizona Trauma Therapy Network from 2010 through 2012. Dr. Rhoton was a Professor at Ottawa University in the Behavioral Sciences and Counseling Department whose primary interests were training counselors to work with traumagenic family dynamics, child and family trauma, and non-egoic models of treatment. Dr. Rhoton is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and collaborates and consults with numerous Arizona agencies fine tuning their understanding of trauma and the impact of developmental trauma on the individual and family. Dr. Rhoton has served on the Arizona Department of Health Services Trauma Informed Care (TIC) task force, currently is on a SAMHSA Technical Assistance committee working with trauma and education. Dr. Rhoton also works with Arizona State Epidemiologists around the identifying of concrete markers and the predictive nature of public health impact of early developmental trauma on Arizona children.
Dr. Rhoton's most recent publication can be found in the July 2017 Journal of Counseling and Development titled; Trauma Competency: An Active Ingredients Approach to Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.