Beacon Health Options 2017 White Paper promotes Zero Suicide model
Beacon Health Options’ (Beacon) latest white paper, “We Need to Talk About Suicide,” promotes the Zero Suicide model as the best approach to shift how we think about and treat suicide. Risk of suicide, or suicidal behavior disorder, is a condition that can be prevented and treated, just like other mental or physical health conditions. This fundamental shift in thinking affects how we deliver care for people at risk of suicide. Proactive identification of individuals with suicidal behavior disorder and then treating those individuals with evidence-based practices will deliver the most impact. The Zero Suicide framework, developed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, offers the best approach for doing so. ... |