Zero Suicide Institute Webinars

Sponsored by the California Department of Public Health, Office of Suicide Prevention

Sponsor Contact: Suicide.Prevention@cdph.ca.gov

Registration Contact: info@zerosuicideinstitute.com

WHEN: This informational webinar will be offered across the four dates listed below and the same content will be covered during each session.

Tuesday, June 21 | 10:00-11:30am PST

Wednesday, June 22 | 9:00-10:30am PST

Thursday, June 23 | 10:00-11:30am PST

Friday, June 24 | 9:00-10:30am PST

WHERE: Online via Zoom

WHAT IS ZERO SUICIDE?

Zero Suicide is a transformational framework for Health and Behavioral Health Care Systems. The foundational belief of Zero Suicide is that suicide deaths for individuals under the care of health and behavioral health systems are preventable. For systems dedicated to improving patient safety, Zero Suicide presents an aspirational challenge and practical framework for system-wide transformation toward safer suicide care. A holistic and systemic approach to quality improvement, Zero Suicide is both a bold goal and an aspirational challenge.

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION: Each 90-minute webinar will introduce participants to the Zero Suicide model including the seven essential elements of suicide care.

Lead system-wide culture change committed to reducing suicides

Train a competent, confident, and caring workforce

Identify patients with suicide risk via comprehensive screenings

Engage all individuals at-risk of suicide using a suicide care management plan

Treat suicidal thoughts and behaviors using evidence-based treatments

Transition individuals through care with warm hand-offs and supportive contacts

Improve policies and procedures through continuous quality improvement

Participants can expect to learn the seven elements of the Zero Suicide model, the science behind them, the expected outcomes when a systems change approach is used to improve suicide care that is provided, and hear some examples of what it looks like when organizations approach suicide care using the Zero Suicide framework. You can read more about who we suggest as implementation team members to get more ideas: https://zerosuicide.edc.org/toolkit/lead

Additional information:

Zero Suicide Outcome stories: https://zerosuicide.edc.org/evidence/outcome-stories

Research on effectiveness of Zero Suicide: https://zerosuicide.edc.org/evidence/research-articles

SELECTION CRITERIA

Space for these webinars is limited to 100 participants each day and registration is open through June 15th, 2022.