Lethal Means Counseling Workshop

Mental Health America of Kentucky

A virtual workshop concerning suicide prevention.

Means safety counseling, also referred to as means restriction counseling, entails assessing whether an individual at risk for suicide has access to a firearm or other lethal means for suicide, and working with the individual and their support system to limit their access to these means until suicide risk has declined. Of the many interventions and strategies developed to prevent suicide, means restriction has garnered the most empirical support and is one of the only intervention that has consistently led to reductions in suicide across diverse samples and populations. Although means safety has long been considered an important component of clinical work with suicidal patients, clear guidance and recommendations for discussing means safety with patients has only recently emerged. This presentation will provide an overview of means safety counseling with acutely suicidal patients and provide practical suggestions and tips for navigating conversations about safety with high-risk patients.Objectives: <ol><li>To identify the key assumptions that underlie means safety counseling</li><li>To understand strategies for talking about means safety with high-risk patients</li></ol> NOTE: If this training is sold out and you are interested in attending, please contact joni@mhaky.org to be added to the waitlist.

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