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The Referral that Actually Sticks: Identifying Suicide Risk and Creating a Bridge from Crisis/Emergency Setting to Outpatient Care

Dr. Stephanie Renno, DSW, LCSW
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TriWest Healthcare Alliance, Safeguard Veterans, Society of Emergency Medicine PAs (SEMPA), Emergency Nurses Association, American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners, and TPN.health

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Description

Chronic pain, new disability, terminal diagnosis, and functional decline are among the strongest suicide risk factors clinicians encounter, and they surface daily in settings unrelated to mental health. Most medical providers were not adequately trained to make the connection. This training teaches providers to recognize the physical conditions and life circumstances linked to elevated risk, ask directly about suicidal ideation, and work through the resistance those conversations produce. Because referral alone rarely gets patients through the door, it also covers brief interventions and evidence-based system models that support the transition from crisis to outpatient behavioral health care.

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀: 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 Safety Planning in the Emergency Department (SPED) is a free, self-paced online course for ED physicians, nurses, social workers, care managers, and hospital leaders. In about one hour, you'll learn the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention and its follow-up process, and earn 1 hour of free continuing education credit. By enrolling, you join a VA-funded research study and help shape the future of Veteran suicide prevention. Enroll here: https://sped.safeguardveterans.net/

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is for participants to strengthen their capacity to recognize physical health presentations as meaningful suicide risk data and to raise suicide risk directly with patients in non-behavioral health settings. This growth will enable them to intervene more confidently at the point of contact and to support patients through the transition into behavioral health care rather than stopping at the referral.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify the physical health conditions and life circumstances most strongly associated with elevated suicide risk.

  • Demonstrate direct inquiry about suicidal ideation with patients presenting in non-behavioral health settings.

  • Apply brief intervention strategies that address patient resistance to behavioral health referral.

  • Evaluate evidence-based system models for supporting the transition from crisis to outpatient care.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Nurse
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Dr. Stephanie Renno, DSW, LCSW
Dr. Stephanie Renno, DSW, LCSW is a behavioral health leader, trainer and consultant with extensive experience across the government, private and non-profit sectors. She is dedicated to advancing behavioral health care by supporting the training and delivery of evidence-based practices and processes. Dr. Renno is frequently called upon to serve as a Subject Matter Expert in behavioral health and has contributed to projects and workgroups for the National Academies of Science Engineering and Math, the White House’s PREVENTS initiative (part of the National Strategy for Preventing Suicide), and co-chaired curriculum guides for the Council on Social Work Education. Stephanie served as an executive in an international behavioral healthcare network building a training program and developing clinical process standards to support state-of-the-art clinical care for service members, veterans and military families. During her time at VA, Dr. Renno served as a Master Trainer for an EBP roll out and provided training and consultation on EBPs for PTSD and Substance Use Disorders. In addition to her work at Samira Behavioral Health Solutions, Stephanie serves as the Deputy Chief Clinical Officer at A-G Assoicates where she leads programming that tests the feasibility of evidence-based suicide prevention practices in communities across the nation.