Risk Factors

Protective Factors

Management

1) Hospitalize or Note?

• Mental Health Act
  • Confidentiality & Mandatory Reporting
  • Form 1 (72 hr)

2) Safety Plan

• Work with the patient to develop a concrete and realistic plan to cope with distress and get themselves to safety if the suicidal impulses return or escalate.
• Safety Plan Protocol

Clinical Pearl

⚠️ Only 2 drugs that ↓ suicide:

• Lithium >> Clozapine