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Suicide; What Therapists Need to Know

CE Hours 3

About this course

The most common psychiatric emergency we face as clinicians is suicide. Seventy-one percent of psychotherapists report at least one client attempting, while 28 percent report having at least one client die by suicide. Suicide rates keep rising for working age Americans and suicide is now the second leading cause of death for college age youth. In order to prevent suicide we must understand the internal struggle suicidal individuals experience. This workshop will provide an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of suicide, assessment strategies, and empirically validated treatments. This Webinar will: (1) provide the latest findings on warning signs and risk factors for suicide, (2) offer a conceptual model and a developmental perspective on the dynamics underlying suicide, (3) explore the internal struggle, the ambivalence of suicide, through expert interviews and insight provided by 3 survivors of very lethal suicide attempts, (4) address both objective assessment and the formation of clinical judgment, (5) inform participants about recent research on empirically validated treatment approaches, and (6) provide participants with state of the art crisis management strategies.

Learning Objectives

  • Implement state of the art crisis intervention for suicidal patients.
  • Identify a number of empirically validated treatments for suicide, that target suicide directly.
  • Recognize warning signs of immediate risk versus long term risk factors.
  • Describe common warning signs for adolescent suicide.
  • List current research and evidence based practices for suicide.

Learning Levels

  • Intermediate

Course Instructor(s)

  • Lisa Firestone

    Dr. Lisa Firestone is the Director of Research and Education at The Glendon Association. An accomplished and much requested lecturer, Dr. Firestone speaks at national and international conferences in the areas of couple relations, parenting, and suicide and violence prevention. Dr. Firestone has published numerous professional articles, and most recently was the co-author of Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships (APA Books, 2006), Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice (New Harbinger, 2002), Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion: The Wisdom of Psychotherapy (APA Books, 2003) and The Self Under Siege (Routledge, 2012). Follow Dr. Firestone on Twitter or Google.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

References

  • Swan, A. (2022). Teen Suicide Prevention Strategies: Why the Current Model is Failing and a New Approach is Necessary. Liberty University Journal of Statesmanship & Public Policy, 2(2), 2.
  • Gupta, R. K., Pandita, V., & Gupta, U. (2024). Teen Suicide Prevention. JK Science: Journal of Medical Education & Research, 26(2), 71–72. Retrieved from https://journal.jkscience.org/index.php/JK-Science/article/view/251
  • Hofstra, E., Van Nieuwenhuizen, C., Bakker, M., Özgül, D., Elfeddali, I., de Jong, S. J., & van der Feltz-Cornelis, C. M. (2020). Effectiveness of suicide prevention interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. General hospital psychiatry, 63, 127-140.
  • Bader, S., Abbes, W., Tfifha, M., Dhemaid, M., Mahdhaoui, W., & Ghanmi, L. (2021). Warning signs of suicide attempts and risk of suicidal recurrence. European Psychiatry, 64(S1), S589-S589.
  • Zitelli, L., & Palmer, C. V. (2018, February). Recognizing and reacting to risk signs for patient suicide. In Seminars in Hearing (Vol. 39, No. 01, pp. 083-090). Thieme Medical Publishers.
  • Bertuccio, R. F., Frank, J. L., & Hall, C. M. (2022). Patterns of warning signs among adolescents who contemplate suicide: A latent profile analysis. School psychology review, 51(3), 315-328.
  • Mann, J. J., Michel, C. A., & Auerbach, R. P. (2021). Improving suicide prevention through evidence-based strategies: a systematic review. American journal of psychiatry, 178(7), 611-624

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  • Course Completion
    To complete the course, review the course objectives, then watch the video power point presentations following along with the corresponding pdf, and lastly complete an evaluation. Your certificate will be available to download immediately when you complete the evaluation. Note that you can not continue in the course until you complete the previous section.
  • Target Audience
    This educational activity is intended for IFS trained therapists and practitioners.
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  • Publication Date
    Feb 28th, 2025

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