Suicide-Focused Assessment and Treatment 2024

Please note the course begins at 8:30 AM (PDT) / 11:30 AM (EDT).

With suicide rates increasing by 30% in the last 2 decades, suicide remains a pressing public health challenge. This course provides an overview of key topics in suicide assessment, prevention, and treatment that is relevant to all treatment settings and clinical disciplines. This course will cover assessment factors such as family history, past trauma, social isolation, and support systems and cultural/religious beliefs that stigmatize mental health or suicide. Prevention topics addressed will cover recognizing warning signs, responding to crises, and understanding biological and psychological models that are relevant to clinical practice. Putting concepts into practice, the course will also cover treatment methods such as psychotherapy, medication, hospitalization for acute risk or severe mental health crises, collaborative care models, follow-up care and ongoing monitoring.

Live/On-Demand Learners (No Awarded): Free

CME/CE Credit Seeking Learners: $60

The Zoom link for the webinar will be sent to you via email during the week leading up to the event. Be sure to use an email address you check frequently.

For those who register, they will receive a link to the 247 page comprehensive and recently updated online resource entitled Current Status of Suicide-Focused Assessment and Treatment - click here to see an overview.

After this live event occurs, the course content will be made available for on-demand access and CE credit. Please check back in the weeks following the live event for more details/access to the on-demand content. You may also sign up for the Stanford CME newsletter here for updates on this and all other upcoming CME events.

Note: Creation of a CloudCME account is required to register for the course. If you are creating an account for the first time, you will need to create your CloudCME account, and then revisit the course registration page to officially register for the course*

1. Identify ways to improve assessment of suicide risk and how to incorporate them into one’s practice.
2. Discuss innovations in the treatment of the suicidal patient, including psychopharmacologic, interventional, and psychotherapeutic approaches, and safety planning.
3. Outline special considerations in suicide assessment and treatment of patients, such as cultural and linguistic diversity, SUD and LGBTQ populations.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Stanford Medicine designates this  Live Activity for a maximum of 5.25 ANCC contact hours.  

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 5.25 general continuing education credits. 

American Psychological Association (APA) 
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. 

Cancellation Policy
The cancellation policy only applies to credit learners. Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Any cancellations refunded will less a 20% administrative fee. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected].

Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require accommodations, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

For activity related questions, please contact
     Name: Amanda Harrison
     Title: Education Event Specialist 
     Email: [email protected]

For CME general questions, please contact 
     Email: [email protected]

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity, except those listed in the table below. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Douglas Jacobs, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

Co-Course Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alan Frederic Schatzberg, MD
Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University

Co-Course Director, Faculty

Consulting Fee-Compass|Consulting Fee-Douglas|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-magnus|Consulting Fee-Sage Medical, Inc. (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-ANeurotech|Consulting Fee-Neurawell|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Alto|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Corcept|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Delport|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Seattle Genetics (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Sage|Consulting Fee-Parexel (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-signant|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Soneira|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Madrigal|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Xhale|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Titan

Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor
University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Marianne Goodman, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/VA

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH|Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-Stop Soldier Suicide (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD
Senior Vice President of Research
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Rona Jane Hu, MD
Clinical Professor
Stanford University

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Thomas Joiner, PhD
Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Director, FSU Psychology Clinic
Florida State University

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Dorian A Lamis, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine

Faculty

Paid consultant-Bristol-Myers Squibb

John Mann, MD
Paul Janssen Professor of Translational Neuroscience (in Psychiatry and in Radiology)
Columbia University

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Gregory Simon, MD
Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Washington

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Nolan Ryan Williams, MD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University

Faculty

Advisor-Magnus Medical

David A Jobes, PhD
Professor
The Catholic University of America

Faculty, Planner

Nothing to disclose

Sherry Beaudreau, PhD
Clinical Professor (Affiliated)
VA Palo Alto Health Care System & Stanford University School of Medicine

Planner

Nothing to disclose

F. Vankee V Lin, RN
Stanford

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Alan K Louie, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Karen Sugarman, LCSW
LCSW
Stanford Health Care

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Wednesday, October 30, 2024