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From Screening to Safety Planning: Recognizing Depression and Providing Suicide Care for Older Adults
Learning Objectives
To understand the rationale for targeted depression screening in older adults and learning about evidence based screening tools
To understand the prevalence of suicide risk in older adults and increasing provider comfort with suicide risk assessment
To understand rationale for engaging in safety planning and lethal means counseling with those patients who have been identified as being at risk for suicide
To increase provider comfort with the intervention of safety planning as a standard of care for patients who have been identified as being at risk for suicide
1.5 NASW CEUs!
Speaker
Dr. Manvi Smith is a suicide prevention expert partnering with healthcare clinics and organizations to strengthen safety, reduce risk, and improve patient outcomes. She specializes in developing evidence-based workflows, staff trainings, and sustainable practices that integrate suicide care into everyday clinical practice. She is a licensed Psychologist in the States of Oregon and Washington and received her Psy.D in Clinical Psychology (APA Accredited) from the University of Indianapolis, Indiana in 2009.