Sunday, May 19, 2024
5/19/2024
Contact Community Services, Inc., a 501(c)(3) in East Syracuse, NY is proposing the Crisis Center Follow-up Integrated with Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program in Central New York. This project will provide follow-up services to youth and adults in these target groups: "Contact Hotline or Lifeline callers assessed to be at moderate to high risk of suicide" Patients presenting as suicidal and discharged from St. Joseph's (Hospital Health Center) Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) and St. Joseph's Behavioral Health unit. This project will support Goal 8 of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, "Promote suicide prevention as a core component of health care services." We will adhere to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) best practices including suicide risk assessment standards and policies and guidelines for helping callers at imminent risk of suicide and will implement Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) as our suicide intervention model. Suicide data and research show elevated risk of suicide following an attempt or discharge from a medical facility. Follow-up phone calls, chat, postcards or texting, will reduce risk by increasing sense of connectedness and safety and providing referrals that address other needs, including barriers to accessing face-to-face mental health follow-up. Follow-up contact will be made within 24 hours and again at two weeks, with the option for additional follow-ups and referrals.
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