Suicide Care in Health Systems (6-Hours)

Suicide Care in Health Systems

This two-part, virtual training is designed to provide primary care providers and behavioral health clinicians with an understanding of how best to serve patients across the suicide care pathway.

The training will provide a conceptual model for understanding how suicidality develops and becomes acute as well as what the recommended pathway of care should be for patients at risk of suicide. This clinical pathway moves from identification of suicidal ideation to assessment, formulation, management, treatment, recovery, and follow‐up monitoring. 

It is hosted by the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Center for Suicide Prevention & Recovery (CSPAR) and Suicide Care Research Center (SCRC) and supported in part by the National Institute of Health grant number P50MH129708.

Instructions 

After registering, you will be added to a Canvas course that will include additional information about the trainings, materials and recordings of the sessions, as well as, instructions for claiming continuing education or certificates of completion. 

Content 

Part 1 – Suicide Care in Health Care Systems: We Can Do Better Serving our Patients and Caring for our Clinicians - Jeff Sung, MD

When: Thursday, 9/19 8:30am – 12:30pm pacific 

Covers: General principles including guidance from The Joint Commission and other evidence‐based recommendations for identification, assessment, formulation, management and treatment of suicide risk. 

Part 2 – Choose One Concurrent Treatment & Recovery Track 

When: Friday, 9/20 8:30am – 12:30pm pacific 

• • Track 1: General Management and Treatment of Suicide Risk - Jeff Sung, MD
  • Track 2: Child and Adolescent Treatment Considerations - Molly Adrian, PhD & Kalina Babeva, PhD
  • Track 3: Clinical Child Treatment Applications - Jessica Jenness, PhD & Eilieen Twohy, PhD
  • Track 4: Suicide, Overdose, Addiction and the Gray areas in Between - Rick Ries, MD

Pricing/Rates 

• $150 (additional fee to claim CME) - Community Clinicians not affiliated with the Suicide Care Research Center 

• Free (fee to claim CME) - UW Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and VA Puget Sound faculty, clinical staff, and trainees, or community clinicians affiliated with the Suicide Care Research Center (fee to claim CME). Use relevent discount code at check out: UW-AFFILIATE or SCH-AFFILIATE or VAPS-AFFILIATE or SCRC-AFFILIATE

Meets Washington State Suicide Training Requirements 

This 6-hour training meets the criteria for the WA State Suicide Assessment, Management, and Treatment training for all disciplines (required once every 6 years). We cannot get on the list due to down-staffing at WA DoH, however, we will provide documentation that required elements are covered.

Continuing Education

CME: 6 hours - additional fee at end if claiming CME certificate 

Certificates of completion: Will be issued as requested to counseling professions such as Psychologists, Social Workers, and Mental health Counselors - no fee

Questions? 

Email uwscrc@uw.edu