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Adolescent Suicide

Understanding Unique Risks and Opportunities for Trauma Centers to Recognize, Intervene, and Prevent a Leading Cause of Death

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About the Course

The article titled “Adolescent Suicide—Understanding Unique Risks and Opportunities for Trauma Centers to Recognize, Intervene, and Prevent a Leading Cause of Death” offers insight into the risk factors, signs, and intervention strategies that trauma centers can adopt to address and prevent suicide among adolescents. This resource underscores the significance of understanding suicide’s epidemiology among youth, identifying critical risk factors like mental illness, exposure to violence, and substance use, and implementing effective prevention models in trauma centers. The article also explores innovative screening approaches for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidal ideation and advocates for policies that could reduce adolescent suicides, such as responsible firearm storage and lethal means counseling.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Adolescent Suicide created by Dr. Ashley B. Hink et al in 2022.

Publication Date

Current Trauma Reports Apr 2022

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Dr. Ashley B. Hink

Dr. Ashley B. Hink is an acute care surgeon in the Department of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. She has a focus on trauma care and suicide prevention. This article marks her first publication in a peer-reviewed journal on adolescent suicide prevention.

Dr. Xzavier Killings

Dr. Xzavier Killings is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina's College of Medicine. He is dedicated to improving mental health interventions in trauma settings. This is his initial publication in a peer-reviewed journal on this subject matter.

Course Creator

Allison Brown, LCSW 149014591

Allison Brown holds a BS degree in Criminal Justice with a Psychology focus and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who currently works at a Long-Term Insurance company bringing clinical experience to claim processes. Additionally, she developed and continues to lead the Continuing Education Program for Social Workers and Nurses and often leads complex process improvement projects Prior to this, her primary focus was in mental health and worked in both the outpatient and inpatient settings providing support to adults with mental illness.

Recommended For

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for intermediate and above levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Identify the main risk factors associated with adolescent suicide and understand how trauma centers can recognize these risks in youth populations.
  2. Examine intervention and prevention models that trauma centers can implement, focusing on universal screening for depression, PTSD, and suicidality.
  3. Discuss policies and protocols that trauma providers can advocate for to mitigate adolescent suicide risk, including firearm safety and counseling practices.

Availability

This course is available starting Feb 17th, 2025 and expires Feb 16th, 2035

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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Course Number 103689
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