Brown School On-Demand Lecture

ASSESSING, INTERVENING & MANAGING SUICIDE RISK

Ryan Lindsay, MSW, LCSW
Associate Professor of Practice
Chair, MSW Mental Health Concentration, Brown School

This lecture is divided into 14 chapters, with a total runtime of approximately 2 hours, 13.5 minutes.

Here are resources you may want to print, to follow along, and to examine content more closely:

• You can print a notetaking set of the entire PowerPoint presentation by opening this PDF.
• Here are the slides that have complex data, blown up so you can examine the numbers and trends.
• This is the Suicide Risk Assessment and Safety Plan document Ryan Lindsay uses in his practice. Please feel free to use it as well.

Please click on each link below when you are ready to watch or review that portion of the lecture. When you have fully viewed the lecture, please click the link to take the brief post-test.

Chapter	Title
1.	Introduction: Learning Objectives & Topic Significance
2.	Suicide Risk: The Significance of Age and Gender
3.	Suicide Risk – Understanding Implications of Race & Ethnicity
4.	Definitions of Suicidal Thoughts & Behaviors
5.	Conceptualizations of Suicide & NSSI
6.	Theories of Suicide
7.	Risks & Protective Factors
8.	Case Illustration: Introducing “Robyn”
9.	Case Illustration – Risk Assessment
10.	From Prediction to Prevention
11.	The Risk Assessment Process
12.	Guidelines for Talking about Suicide
13.	Safety Planning & Management of Suicidal Behaviors
14.	Final Thoughts & Practice Wisdom

Post-test required to receive CEs. Click here to begin.

*Please note that CEs being issued is contingent on passing (70% or higher score) a 20 question quiz concerning the lecture content. CEs will be issued via an emailed PDF within 10 days of successfully completing your quiz.