ZOOM Virtual Training
Link and Handouts will be provided prior to training.

Suicide is one of the three leading causes of death world-wide for individuals aged 15-44.  Each year the rate of young people who die by suicide increases.  Despite large campaigns aimed to reduce suicide, rates continue to climb across demographic groups every year.  Most people who experience a mental illness will not die by suicide, but of those who do, 90% have a diagnosable mental disorder.  Mental health clinicians widely report that they do not receive training to confidently address the issue of suicide in treatment.  Many continuing education courses focus on the issue from a risk-management, rather than from a treatment perspective.  All too often, clinicians and researchers are fearful when considering work with a suicidal population, sometimes avoiding the issue all together.  
This workshop will teach a model of suicide assessment and intervention designed to reduce insecurity and fear in clinicians and to allow them to make clinically-driven decisions based upon empirical research.  The Linehan Risk Assessment and Management Protocol will be used to structure the clinical interview and to document intervention. This training is appropriate for clinicians at a master's level of training or above.  The training is offered by The White Crane Training Collective in collaboration with the Missouri Dept of Mental Health.