This article emphasizes the importance of developing a safety plan with clients during suicide risk assessments, shifting focus from predictive labeling to collaborative planning. It outlines a framework based on four core principles used by 988 centers for effective assessments. After gathering detailed client information, clinicians are encouraged to reflect on the collected data and use clinical judgment to formulate an individualized risk assessment. The primary goal is to create a supportive plan for the client's safety, ensuring they leave sessions with a sound strategy for managing their well-being.
The goal is not the label you assign but the plan it leads you to develop with your client to keep them safe.
Formulating risk is an active, intentional pause to reflect on what we know and to begin the development of an individualized plan for safety.
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