ACHCU, the educational and training division of the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC), has launched its new Suicide Risk Screening and Assessment Support Toolkit for acute care and ...

In the first post of this series, I introduced a Framework to Guide Suicide Assessment based on the Four Core Principles used by 988 centers nationwide. In Part Two, I then explored how to gather ...

Doctors conducted suicide risk assessments for 42% of patients flagged by interruptive alerts, compared with only 4% with passive alerts. The team conducted a study testing the Vanderbilt Suicide ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill requiring mental health professionals to undergo suicide-prevention training passed the state Assembly on Monday, as California public health data shows suicide is on ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Missouri legislators are considering a proposed law requiring suicide awareness and prevention training be mandated in schools and that students as young as those in fifth ...

Suicide prevention has been "dominated by efforts to predict risk of suicide" in individual patients; however, traditional risk prediction measures have been shown to be ineffective, highlighted the ...