Suicide Screening Triage
| | | Level II Training: QPR Suicide Screening Triage | |
QPR Suicide Triage training teaches participants how to probe for, and initially assess immediate risk factors for suicidal behaviours, and how to immediately enhance protective factors. This more advanced training builds on the skill offered in Level I training, going beyond basic first-level screening. The target audience of this course are school counsellors, nurses, help-line staff, social workers, case managers, clergy, police, correctional staff, probation officers, ambulance officers and other professionals in a position to have first contact with persons at risk for suicidal behaviours. It is designed to train participants to make an initial assessment of risk for suicide and to "triage" the at-risk person to a professional for further assessment and and care.
This comprehensive 8-hour training programme can be delivered in both a face-to-face classroom setting or online. It includes instruction on how to interview potentially suicidal persons and determine immediate risk of suicide, as well as how to effectively and immediately reduce the risk of suicide attempt. In practical language, the course teaches participants how and what to say, what questions to ask, and to initially assess the immediate risk of a suicide attempt as well has how to carry out and document an effective referral.
| | | QPR Suicide Screening Triage Inventory | |
Suicide triage training includes instruction on the use of a structured interview to gather data that flows into a decision tree leading the interviewer to establish a crisis management plan or intervention. The triage process results in a systematic and evidence-based process for determining level of risk in order to determine the level of intervention required. The triage process will help in determining the need for, planning and carrying out a referral for further evaluation and or treatment.
This Level II training would be appropriate for those in a position to conduct a suicide risk assessment (e.g., social workers, schools counsellors, mental health nurses, alcohol and drug counsellors).
| | | QPR Suicide Screening Triage includes | |
- Size and scope of suicide in New Zealand
- Risk factors for suicide
- Relationship of mental illness to suicide
- Current status of suicide risk assessment
- How to Question suicidal persons
- How to Persuade them to accept help
- How to Refer them to resources
- How to determine immediate risk for suicide
- How to document a suicide risk assessment
| | | QPR Suicide Screening Triage course content | |
- Orientation to QPR Suicide Triage Training
- The Epidemiology of Suicide
- Mental Illness and Suicide
- The Current Climate of Suicide Risk Assessment
- Introduction to the QPR Triage Document
- Learning "How to Ask the Suicide Question"
- Learning triage questions, rationale and samples
- Role play exercises
- Instructions for completing the QPR Triage Document
- Evaluation and quiz with QPR Triage method
| | | QPR Suicide Screening Triage course objectives | |
- State the background, rationale and guidelines for the QPR Suicide Triage Method.
- Identify information on suicide risk reduction practices and critical information on unrecognized suicide risk.
- Discuss the epidemiology of suicide and describe the relationship between mental illness and suicide.
- State the known risk factors for suicide and state what methods of suicide are used in New Zealand.
- State clinical risk information important to assessing suicidal persons and the current limitations in suicide risk assessment.
- Describe research findings regarding suicide risk versus trait variables and state how and why mental health treatment is critical to saving lives.
- Use the QPR Suicide Triage Interview format, including asking the "Suicide Question," supporting the suicidal person's decision to get help, assisting the suicidal person in accessing additional resources and completing the QPR Suicide Triage Document.'
- Identify information on suicide risk reduction practices and critical information on unrecognized suicide risk.
One day (8-hour) face-to-face Level II QPR Suicide Screening Triage courses are available to be run anywhere in the country. The cost per course, with a maximum of 25 participants, is $5,500 excluding GST and disbursements (e.g., venue hire and travel and accommodation, if required). The course fee includes course notes, DVD with four foundation lectures, role plays, post course test and certificate of completion on passing the test (this may be taken on the day or later online).
To enquire about the face-to-face Level II QPR Suicide Screening Triage course please either please contact us by email or by telephone on the QPR Freephone 0800 448 909.
Level II QPR Suicide Screening Triage is available as an online course. The course is presented via a Learning Management System similar to those used by universities and other tertiary educational institutions. It includes full course notes, reading material, four foundation lectures on video (provided on DVD), audio risk assessment interview, role play exercises, post-course test. A certificate of completion is available on successful passing of the post-course test.
The cost of a training license is $175 excluding GST. This licence allows a participant to access the course at any time to self-pace their learning and refresh their knowledge within a 12-month period.
To enquire about the online Level II QPR Suicide Screening Triage course please either please contact us by email or by telephone on the QPR Freephone 0800 448 909.
For further information on availability, costs, tailoring of the course to suit your organisation's training programme please contact us by email or by telephone on 0800 448 909.
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