Safety Planning Intervention Telehealth Service Model in Emergency Departments

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · Mar 23, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Individuals at high risk for suicide often present to acute care settings, such as emergency departments (EDs), and then typically are hospitalized or referred for outpatient mental health treatment. Patients are at increased risk of suicide attempts and suicide following an ED visit and nearly half do not attend outpatient treatment. Brief, evidence-based clinical interventions, such as the Safety Planning Intervention with post-discharge telephone follow-up (SPI+), can reduce suicide risk, decrease hospitalizations, and increase engagement in outpatient services for suicidal patients disc...

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Eligibility criteria

• Aim 1/Aim 3:
• Inclusion Criteria:
• • ED visit at one of our participating sites for a suicide-related event or determined to be at risk for suicide per the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and ED clinical staff
• • 18 years of age or older
• • Not admitted to an inpatient hospital following the index ED visit as documented in the EHR
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • - Inpatient admission following the index ED visit per the EHR
• Aim 2:
• Inclusion Criteria:
• • ED clinician or leader at one of our participating sites, or ED patient who was referred to the SPCC
• • 18 years of age or older
• • Able to communicate in English
• • Willing to give informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients who are at imminent risk of suicide or acutely psychotic at the time of the interview, requiring emergency services and/or precluding ability to provide informed consent
• • Patients without a phone for contact