Crisis Center Collaboration with Emergency Departments to Prevent Suicide

March 31, 2017

News Type:  Weekly Spark, Weekly Spark Announcement

SPRC Senior Project Associate Adam Chu has published a post on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network of Crisis Centers blog. The post describes how crisis centers can collaborate with emergency departments (EDs) to prevent suicide, and details recent milestones that reflect increasing efforts to do so. It also includes a list of related resources, including SPRC’s consensus guide on caring for adult ED patients with suicide risk and free online course on preventing suicide in ED patients.