Sponsorship Note: This training is brought to you by CASAT, in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, and supported through funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Description

Suicide risk rarely presents cleanly. This three-hour training provides clinicians with a practical framework for assessing and responding to suicide risk when substance use, psychosis, or both are present. Participants will learn to move beyond counting risk factors and develop a structured clinical formulation that integrates current suicidal thinking and behavior, acute changes, substance use, psychotic symptoms, protective factors, and foreseeable changes in risk. The training will also examine the different roles substance use may play in a clinical presentation and how to assess possible substance-induced versus primary psychotic symptoms when there may not be complete diagnostic certainty. A case example will be presented and revisited as new information emerges, allowing participants to practice assessment, formulation, intervention, and disposition decisions. The training will also address Nevada legal requirements, scope-of-practice boundaries, consultation, and documentation.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Conduct a focused suicide risk assessment that includes suicidal thoughts and behaviors, warning signs, acute changes, access to lethal means, protective factors, and relevant clinical context.

2. Develop a risk formulation that integrates enduring vulnerabilities, recent precipitants, current suicidal state, current clinical state, protective factors and supports, and foreseeable changes in risk.

3. Evaluate the role substance use may be playing in a clinical presentation and identify implications for assessment and intervention.

4. Identify psychotic symptoms and substance-related changes that may increase or complicate suicide risk, and recognize when diagnostic uncertainty or clinical severity warrants consultation, referral, or a higher level of care.

5. Develop an appropriate clinical response that may include collaborative safety planning, lethal-means counseling, involvement of supports, consultation, referral, and documentation consistent with scope of practice and relevant Nevada requirements.

Presented by:

Brooke M. Smith, Ph.D.

Continuing Education Units:

3 CEUs*

Two Ways to Register

• Earn CEUs: Complete a paid registration (LIC and SIRM discount codes may still be applied)

• Register at no cost: Use a coupon code that waives the registration fee. This option does not include CEUs. Use code NOCEU

Please Note: Please select your registration type carefully. Changes can be made up to 3 days before the event. No-cost registrations are not eligible for CEUs after the event.

Certification Board Information

This training is approved for continuing education units by the boards listed here. Additional specifications can be found below.

NAADAC (The Association for Addiction Professionals)

This course has been approved by CASAT, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for the below # of CEUs. NAADAC Provider #98165. CASAT is responsible for all aspects of its programming.

CEUs: 3

Skills Groups

This course applies to the following Client Skill Groups as defined by NAADAC:

• Clinical Intake and Screening

• Clinical Assessment

• Treatment Plan

• Counseling Services

• Documentation

• Case Management

• Discharge and Continuing Care

• Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development

NBCC (National Board for Certified Counselors)

CASAT has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6492. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CASAT is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. (Continuing education hours and CEU's are synonymous for purposes of issuing CEU's from CASAT Learning)

Qualifies for NBCC Credit: Yes

NCB (Nevada Certification Board)

This course is NOT approved by the Nevada Certification Board for the following professional certifications:

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