This workshop equips mental health professionals to assess and address suicidality and self-directed violence using evidence-informed principles. Participants will learn to identify risk and protective factors, apply clinical judgment for acute and chronic risk assessment, and understand collaborative safety planning. Emphasis includes engaging clients in open dialogue about self-harm, understanding dynamic risk nature, and integrating strengths-based, culturally responsive approaches in practice.

Educational Objectives

• Identify current evidence-informed risk and protective factors for suicidality and self-directed violence
• Review evidence-informed suicide risk assessment strategies, including effective clinical inquiry and judgment
• Discuss key components and rationale of collaborative safety planning as an intervention for suicide and self-directed violence

Level: Intermediate