In it Together: A Collaborative Approach to Suicide Assessment and Intervention
This suicide prevention workshop integrates the latest information on rapidly changing societal health and mental health conditions with interventions based on the ASSIST and CAMS models of suicide assessment and treatment. Though we can not provide a full training in these models in the allotted time, participants will get an overview of the foundational principles and skills of collaborative assessment and prevention, updated with what you need to know NOW to help your clients and patients. This training is relevant for case managers, front line staff, nurses, coaches, counselors, and other health care and mental healthcare workers. It satisfies the state requirement for suicide prevention training. Topics to be discussed include:
• What should you be considering or doing differently when assessing for suicide via TeleHealth sessions?
• Are rising suicide rates actually a side effect of the pandemic?
• Which suicide risk factors are increasing due to shelter-in-place and how can you assess for them?
• How are suicidal people being impacted by social distancing? Who thrives and who nose-dives? (and why?)
• Social media - friend or foe in a time of isolation?
Learning Objectives
Identify a person having thoughts or urges for suicide
Use active listening skills to assess for risks and drivers for suicide
Use a CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality) form to assess risks and create a plan to address
About The Speaker
Adrianne Martin, MSW, LCSW has been working in the crisis field since 2007 and began working with persons with thoughts of suicide in 2009 while working on her Master’s in Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Adrianne found her calling in teaching others how to work with persons with thoughts of suicide and is a Master Trainer for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. She has recently started her private practice, A Nu Day, and is working with St. Louis DBT to provide DBT therapy to persons diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.