Citation

DeHay T, Ross S, McFaul M. Int. J. Psychiatry Med. 2015; 50(1): 73-80.

Affiliation

Mental Health Program, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), Boulder, CO, USA Clover Educational Consulting Group, Austin, TX, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0091217415592362

PMID

26130767

Abstract

Suicide is a significant issue in the United States and worldwide, and its prevention is a public health imperative. Primary care practices are an important setting for suicide prevention, as primary care providers have more frequent contact with patients at risk for suicide than any other type of health-care provider. The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, in partnership with the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, has developed a Suicide Prevention Toolkit and an associated training curriculum. These resources support the education of primary care providers in evidence-based strategies for identifying and treating patients at risk for suicide. The application of this curriculum to post-graduate medical training is presented here.

Language: en