Luna Recovery Services Cypress, Texas, United States
Session Description: This workshop will focus on developing awareness of suicidal risk factors and warning signs in a substance-using population. Participants will develop new insight into the correlation between substance use and suicide, explore ethical issues, devise safety assessments, and create appropriate interventions.
This presentation will address the importance of understanding ethical standards of safety and treatment for clients with suicidal thoughts or intents. This presentation will review best practices, the need to understand professional standards and regulations, and the following:
*appropriate documentation
*assessment and evaluation of suicidal thinking
*use of supervision
*crisis services/on call
*treatment interventions
*best practices when providing telehealth with a suicidal client
*ethical safety plan development
Interventions will focus on the importance of the therapeutic relationship, moving from old standards of risk factors to warning signs, consistent screening, ongoing communication, validating responses, family involvement, and developing protective factors.
The intended outcomes include preparing the participant to engage in a thoughtful relationship with a client that requires engagement, frequent exploration of suicidal thinking, and an ability to develop an appropriate treatment plan with goals. The key outcome is the willingness to partner with a client to reduce their risk of suicide.
Learning Objectives:
After this activity participants should be able to
Upon completion, participants will be able to identify risk and protective factors for suicide that are either specific to or more prevalent for substance users.
Upon completion, participants will be able to apply a new understanding of the importance of ethical assessment and treatment of substance users.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how evidence-based strategies can be used to more effectively assess risk and manage suicidal behavior in a clinical setting.