Behavioral Health On Demand: Suicide Assessment in 2021: Current Methods and Emerging Models

Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 12:00 PM - Saturday, January 13, 2024, 12:00 AM

This lecture will cover the fundamentals of suicide assessment, including a review of the latest research in the field. The current Beaumont Health suicide assessment policies will be reviewed along with an exploration of the system's current recommended assessment tool, the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). Finally, emerging approaches to suicide assessment will be reviewed. 

Release Date: January 12, 2021
Expiration Date: January 12, 2024
Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), CME Non-Physician (Attendance) (1.00 hours), APA Psychology CE (1.00 hours), Nursing CE (ANCC) (1.00 hours), Social Work CE (ASWB) (1.00 hours)

Beaumont Employees and Providers: Free

Non-Beaumont providers: $25

Instructions for Completion

1. Register
2. Return to the module website (a direct link is provided in the registration confirmation email)
3. Click Begin Activity > Launch

Beaumont Health Employees and Affiliated Providers: Click AUTHENTICATE.  If you are already logged into a Beaumont computer using your Beaumont network login, you will automatically be logged into the video system.  If you are at home or another off-site location, you must enter your Beaumont network login (what you use to access Beaumont email, HealthStream, Epic).

Non-Beaumont (External) Providers: Enter your first name, last name, and email address where prompted.

Upon completion of the video, return to Begin Activity and click Attestation to complete a brief attestation and evaluation to receive credit.

1. Demonstrate the fundamentals of suicide assessment
2. Apply the Beaumont Health System Purple Card Policy.
3. Describe limitations of current suicide assessment approaches and the features of emerging models designed to address those limitations.

In support of improving patient care, Beaumont Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Medicine CME: Beaumont Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing CE: Beaumont Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hour.  Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychology CE: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.

Social Work CE: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Beaumont Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Beaumont Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credit.

Disclosure: All individuals involved with this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

This CE activity is not supported by commercial interests.