An App to Teach Suicide Prevention Strategies
It is reported that half of the individuals (45%) who die by suicide have visited a primary care provider in the month prior to death and 20% have had contacted with mental health services (Taken from SAMHSA).
It can be seen from above statement that failing to convince the individual who are thinking of suicide is leading to suicide too. So SAMHSA has introduced a new suicide prevention app for mobile devices which is optimized for tablets to help providers integrate suicide prevention strategies into their practice.
With this free Suicide Safe app, providers can learn how to use the safety approach when working with patients, explore sample case studies, quickly access and share the information, browse conversation starters, locate treatment options by type and distance and many more.
This is a free which is available for iOS devices and Android devices. Even if you are not a care provider, you may have this app because who knows, you may encounter with a person with suicidal thoughts.
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