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Improving Care to Prevent Suicide Among People With Serious Mental Illness 2019

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This workshop was designed to illustrate and discuss what is known, what is currently being done, and what needs to be done to identify and reduce suicide risk among people with serious mental illness.

This course is based on the article,Improving Care to Prevent Suicide Among People with Serious Mental Illness 2019 created by the National Academy of Sciences in 2019.

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Publication Date: Copyright 2019, by the National Academy of Sciences The National Academies Press, 2019.

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This course is recommended for health care professionals and policy makers, including physicians, psychologists, counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and nurses.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Examine the relationship between severe mental illness and suicide.
  2. 2 Identify the patterns of mortality by suicide among people with severe mental illness.
  3. 3 Evaluate evidence for interventions and treatments that may reduce the risk of suicide in individuals with severe mental illness.

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4 CE Hours
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Profession Group

  • Behavioral Health

Related Topics

Suicide

Availability

This course is available until Jan 4th, 2029.

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