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SUICIDE RESOURCESSuicide Assessment and Treatment Planning: A Strengths-Based Approach
John Sommers-Flanagan and Rita Sommers-Flanagan
Tags: Assessment, Diagnosis & Treatment, Suicide Prevention
Counselors typically use a suicide risk assessment (SRA) to determine whether an individual is at risk of suicidal behavior. The purpose of the SRA is to identify risk and protective factors that assist clinician’s formulation of risk.
Suicide prevention is inclusive of all activities undertaken for the reduction of the prevalence of suicide.