The Continued experts have compiled their top course picks that provide resources for suicide awareness, intervention, and mental health.
Their selections include evidence-based courses from leading experts in the fields of audiology, counseling, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology, social work, and speech-language pathology.
EDITOR PICKS | MENTAL HEALTH + SUICIDE PREVENTION:
♦ Streamlined Suicide Assessment & Safety Planning — available on Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work
♦ How to Hear What Your Patients Aren't Saying: Recognizing the Risk Signs for Suicide or Self-Harm — available on AudiologyOnline
♦ Physical Therapy and Behavioral Health Patients – Setting Boundaries, Getting Outcomes — available on PhysicalTherapy.com
♦ Suicide Prevention: Risk Assessment, Lethal Means, Treatment and Ethical Considerations — available on Psychology
♦ OT In Mental Health: Understanding The Role Of The Occupational Therapy Practitioner — available on OccupationalTherapy.com
♦ Suicide Awareness, Assessment, and Intervention — available on OccupationalTherapy.com, Social Work, and SpeechPathology.com
♦ Identifying and Recognizing Mental Health Conditions in Student Athletes — available on PhysicalTherapy.com
♦ Behavioral Health & Physical Therapy: What Is Our Role? — available on PhysicalTherapy.com
♦ Mental Health of Adolescents: Psychosocial Occupational Therapy for Adolescent Populations— available on OccupationalTherapy.com
♦ Understanding Mental Health in Older Adults — available on SpeechPathology.com
♦ Social Isolation and Loneliness: Relevance to Those Working in the Health Professions — available on SpeechPathology.com
♦ Understanding and Assessing Suicidality in Adolescents: A Comprehensive Approach — available on Counseling, Psychology, Social Work
♦ Suicide and Self-Harm in the Elderly — available on Counseling, OccupationalTherapy.com, PhysicalTherapy.com, Psychology, Social Work, and SpeechPathology.com
♦ Suicide in Primary Care: Screening, Assessment, and Intervention — available on Social Work
“It is essential that all healthcare professionals are able to recognize risk factors and warning signs of suicide.” — Nika Ball, MOT, OTR/L, ATP
“While there have been great strides made in recent years for increasing awareness, providing education, and reducing the stigma that surrounds mental health and those who die by suicide, it is essential that all healthcare professionals are able to recognize risk factors and warning signs of suicide,” said Nika Ball, MOT, OTR/L, ATP, CEU administrator for OccupationalTherapy.com and manager within the CEU Administration team.
“Additionally, it is critical that all healthcare professionals are aware of suicide risk assessment strategies for various settings and have a plan in place for how to manage acute suicidal crisis in order to help prevent suicide.”