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Clinical Decision-Making in the Context of Acute Suicide Risk
Join the Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program (SRM) for our monthly lecture: Navigating Clinical Decision-Making in the Context of Acute Suicide Risk.
Effective Suicide Risk Management often involves difficult decisions. Providers may need to balance one ethical principles, such as patient autonomy against another such as beneficence.
Interpretations about when a patient’s level of risk calls for involuntary intervention (e.g., a police welfare check, involuntary hospitalization, etc.) vary from provider to provider. Using a individualized risk-benefit analysis can help guide these difficult decisions in a patient-centered way.
This month’s lecture will explore how to conduct a clinical risk-benefit analysis and will discuss common risks and benefits of involuntary acute risk interventions. The presentation will share clinical interventions that may reduce the need for future involuntary interventions or lessen the impact when they are necessary.
Don’t miss this opportunity to build your clinical decision-making skills and learn how to navigate these complex challenges.
Following this live lecture, participants will be able to:
- Conduct and document a risk-benefit analysis for an involuntary intervention for suicide risk.
- Identify three common risks associated with involuntary interventions for suicide risk.
- Describe one way to discuss the potential for future involuntary interventions with a patient.
SRM offers free consultation, support, and resources – including our lecture series – to help providers implement best practices when working with Veterans at risk for suicide. Plus, participants in the SRM lecture series can earn free continuing education units (CEUs).
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