{"id":14844,"date":"2022-03-08T13:48:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mces.org\/WordPress\/?p=14844"},"modified":"2022-03-08T13:48:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:48:07","slug":"inpatient-suicide-prevention-awareness-group-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mces.org\/WordPress\/inpatient-suicide-prevention-awareness-group-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Inpatient Suicide Prevention Awareness Group Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>Psychoeducation groups are a mainstay of inpatient psychiatric care. They help patients learn more about disorders, symptoms, treatment, and more. Recently, the MCES Allied Therapy Department has begun using this approach to enhance our patients\u2019 suicide prevention skills during and after their stays.<\/p>\n<p>Serious mental illness carries high suicide risk. Suicidal behavior accounts for many psychiatric hospitalizations. High suicide risk is present after discharge regardless of the reason for admission. Patients shift from a supportive and protective care setting to coping with their stressors and triggers on their own.<\/p>\n<p>The MCES strategy for post-discharge suicide risk includes safety plans, a \u201cPersonal Suicide Prevention Tool Kit\u201d and a Suicide Prevention Awareness Group. The group is voluntary and designed to normalize talking about suicidal thoughts and using available supports when thoughts occur.<\/p>\n<p>An Allied Therapist facilitates the group, which focuses on risk factors, warning signs, and self-care basics, as well as related topics suggested by patients. Feedback and participation have been positive. Some patients have noted that the group lessened the sense of stigma they felt as suicide attempt survivors.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Gavrilov, MS, LPC, Director of Allied Therapy at MCES, started the group after learning that MCES did something similar several years ago. 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