SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, & POSTVENTION.

Catalog description

This course will provide students with an overview of the public health problem of suicide, with specific attention to prevention, intervention, and postvention. Students will gain an understanding of suicide epidemiology and underlying theory, as well as risk and protective factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. This course will familiarize students with evidence-based practices and ethical considerations with clients engaging in suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Students will learn about state and national strategies for suicide prevention, as well as policies related to suicide. Students will gain skills in assessment and management of suicide risk, intervention and treatment techniques with suicidal clients, and postvention approaches with survivors of suicide loss at the individual, community, and national levels. Co-requisite: SOCW 5311 . Please note that if the co-requisite course is dropped, this one will be also.