Expired Introduction to Family Based Youth Suicide Prevention

How often do adolescents present in therapy with suicide ideation? Or unexpectedly reveal these thoughts during a session? When do we tell caregivers? How do we tell caregivers? Do we send adolescents to the hospital or create a safety network to keep them at home? What level of risk are we comfortable managing in our practice? Learning some practical, state of the art, empirically supported clinical strategies to manage a youth suicide crisis can improve clinical decision making and ethical practice.

In this webinar, the presenters will first discuss trauma informed care, adolescent and family development and the national concern about adolescent suicide risk. Then we teach a family-centered care approach to risk assessment and safety planning. Lecture and exercises will be used during the course of the workshop.

Learning Objectives:

• To list the important aspects of a risk assessment
• To describe the decision making process of what level of care is needed to match the level of risk
• To explain the importance of a family generated safety plan

Presenters:

Guy Diamond, PhD is Director/Chair of the Center for Family Intervention Science and ABFT Training Program at Drexel University, Associate Professor at Drexel University, Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and former director of the Couple and Family Therapy PhD Program at Drexel University.

Suzanne Levy, PhD is Training Director of the ABFT Training Program in the Center for Family Intervention Science at Drexel University, former adjunct professor at Drexel University, former Training Director of the Center for Family Intervention Science at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, former staff psychologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and former independent contractor at Penn Resiliency Program at University of Pennsylvania.

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