| Evaluation of the Commitment to Living (CTL) Curriculum. | |
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PMID: 21940243 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Background: Finding effective and efficient options for training mental health professionals to assess and manage suicide risk is a high priority. Aims: To test whether an innovative, brief workshop can improve provider knowledge, confidence, and written risk assessment in a multidisciplinary sample of ambulatory and acute services professionals and trainees. Methods: We conducted a pre/post evaluation of a 3 h workshop designed to improve clinical competence in suicide risk assessment by using visual concept mapping, medical records documentation, and site-specific crisis response options. Participants (N = 338 diverse mental health professionals) completed pre- and postworkshop questionnaires measuring their knowledge and confidence. Before and after the workshop, participants completed documentation for a clinical vignette. Trained coders rated the quality of risk assessment formulation before and after training. Results: Participants' knowledge, confidence, and objectively-rated documentation skills improved significantly (p < .001), with large effect sizes. Participants' expectation of their ability to transfer workshop content to their clinical practice was high (mean = 4.10 on 1-5 scale). Conclusions: Commitment to Living is a promising, innovative, and efficient curriculum for educating practicing clinicians to assess and respond to suicide risk. Well-designed, brief, suicide risk management programs can improve clinicians' knowledge, confidence, and skill. |
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Anthony R Pisani; Wendi F Cross; Arthur Watts; Kenneth Conner |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-6 |
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Title: Crisis Volume: - ISSN: 0227-5910 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-9-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8218602 Medline TA: Crisis Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-9 Citation Subset: - |
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University of Rochester Medical Center, <location>Rochester, NY, USA</location> |
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