Clinician’s Day took place on Sunday, October 11, 2015 during the 2015 International Summit on Suicide Research.
A maximum of 5.5 continuing education hours credits were offered for Sunday’s program.
Click on the below hyper-linked titles to view PDFs of the Clinician’s Day presentations.
Suicide Prevention: Setting the Stage – Christine Moutier
Suicide Risk Assessment: State of the Art – Jill Harkavy-Friedman
Managing Suicidal Patients in Outpatient Settings: Strategies to Safely Avoid Hospitalization– David Jobes
Psychotherapeutic Approaches with Suicidal Patients – Lars Mehlum
Neurobiology of Suicide and Pharmacological Approaches – John Mann
Neurobiology of Suicide and Pharmacological Approaches– John Walkup
Managing Medicolegal Risk When Treating Suicidal Patients – Lanny Berman
Clinician’s Day Program, Sunday, October 11, 2015
| 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks | AFSP and Lynn Keane |
| 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM | Suicide Prevention: Setting the Stage | Christine Moutier |
| 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM | Suicide Risk Assessment: State of the Art | Jill Harkavy- Friedman |
| 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | BREAK | |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Managing Suicidal Patients in Outpatient Settings: Strategies to Safely Avoid Hospitalization | David Jobes |
| 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM | Psychotherapeutic Approaches with Suicidal Patients | Greg Brown and Lars Mehlum |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch On Own | |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Neurobiology of Suicide and Pharmacological Approaches | John Mann and John Walkup |
| 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Managing Medicolegal Risk When Treating Suicidal Patients | Lanny Berman |
| 2:45 PM | Wrap Up |
Clinician’s Day Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of the event, participants will be able to:
1. Articulate the risk factors and warning signs for suicide
2. Describe several short-term management strategies for patients experiencing suicidal ideation or behavior
3. Enumerate several available evidence-based strategies for treating the suicidal individual
4. Discuss the key medical legal issues and recommend strategies for mitigating risk in working with suicidal patients