Citation

Cukrowicz KC, Wingate LR, Driscoll KA, Joiner Jr. TE. J. Contemp. Psychother. 2004; 34(1): 87-100.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/B:JOCP.0000010915.77490.71

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The Florida State University has established a set of guidelines to be used as a standard of care for suicide. This standard of care guides therapists through a suicide risk assessment that focuses on key variables related to suicidal behavior that are among the best predictors of completed suicide. This standard of care includes necessary components of suicide risk assessment, critical steps to follow to ensure the safety of suicidal patients, treatment recommendations, and guidelines for minimizing the legal risk of the therapist. Though this standard of care was developed in a research and training clinic, these principles may be applied to all clinicians offering psychological services to patients, regardless of the nature of the clinic or setting.

Language: en

Keywords

United States; human; standard; suicide; Suicide; Treatment; Assessment; risk assessment; psychology; review; health service; medical decision making; medical research; health care; medical assessment; medical information; Standard of care