Calm and Confident Approaches For Assessing Self-harm and Suicidality: Risk and Liability Management

Length
2 hours

CE Credit
Not Available

Recorded
May 24, 2022

Self-injurious and suicidal behaviors are common clinical issues treated by psychologists. Ongoing assessment of self-harm and suicide risk is essential for psychologists working with high risk populations but most providers are inadequately prepared to balance the needs of their client with their own liability and risk management. This talk will provide best practice guidelines and ethics of working with patients at risk for self-harm and suicide.

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About This Training

At the conclusion of this talk, attendees should be able to assess the risk level of their patients and manage the next steps in patient care based upon those risks. Attendees should have a better understanding of when to suggest hospitalization, when to develop a crisis response plan, and when to continue with typical therapeutic interventions.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the core questions used to assess self-harm and suicide risk.
Assess a person’s level of risk and match interventions appropriately.
Weigh the ethics of client autonomy with client safety.
Understand best practices for consultation and documentation to minimize liability.

About the Presenters

Sheila E. Crowell, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist, postdoctoral training coordinator, and co-founder of UCEBT. She has intensive training and over two decades of experience as a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provider. Dr. Crowell works with self-harming and suicidal adolescent and adult clients in the DBT program as well as clients with complex trauma histories. She also sees clients on the Anxiety and Mood (A&M) team, where she works with adolescents and adults who struggle with worry, overthinking, and negative thought patterns using rumination-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (RF-CBT). Dr. Crowell is a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and a former psychology professor at the University of Utah.

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References

Brodsky, B. S., Spruch-Feiner, A., & Stanley, B. (2018). The zero suicide model: Applying evidence-based suicide prevention practices to clinical care. Frontiers in psychiatry, 9, 33.

Carter, G., & Spittal, M. J. (2018). Suicide risk assessment. Crisis.

Miller, A. L., Rathus, J. H., & Linehan, M. M. (2006). Dialectical behavior therapy with suicidal adolescents. Guilford Press.

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