We are looking for which suicide screening tools are most sensitive and reliable in overnight and community withdrawal management settings.
Hi Kristine,
I am attaching two CAMH docs that you may have already seen. I am not sure what is being used presently, but if you want to speak with someone, I can email you the name of a clinician or APC who can give you that information.
Toula
Thank you Toula, they are good resources to have. And sure the name of the clinician would be helpful - someone who has connections in the decendant of the old ARF. We have suicide tools in place for the rest of MH but are looking more closely at Withdrawal management as we are prepare for accreditaiton.
Hi Kristine,
It appears that there is not a specific screener for addiction medicine. It is the same suicide screener used by most of the programs. I am still waiting to hear back from someone, so if I hear otherwise I will let you know. Coincidentally the topic at Clinical Rounds last week was Alcohol Withdrawal in the Emergency Department, presented by Dr. Bjug Borgundvaag. I am pasting a link of the presentation's recording. You can also be added to the Clinical Rounds emailing list so you receive notification each week on the topic and could watch it live or watch an archived version. Let me know if that interests you and I could send your email address to the Education Coordinator who would add you to the list.
http://camh.adobeconnect.com/ p79advp8kfy/
Toula
I work in an accute care setting where diagnosis intervention and stabelization and discharge are the priority. Admissions and discharges happen frequently. When people are placed on suicide priorities, before they are discharged, a safety plan must be completed. Thus a common problem is a lack of value in the safety plan and it becomes just a task to accomplish before being discharged. However, when we have people return they frequently say it was because of the safety plan. Thus it is easier to help a person if they are talking with you versus when they are not. The question I see it to be is how to make the safey plan a efective tool for preventing or at least miniumizing self harm.
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