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SAMHSA's Suicide Prevention App, Suicide Safe, for
Health Care Providers
Speaker 1: Thanks very much for coming in today. It was good to see you. See you
next time.
Speaker 2:!Behavior health in primary care settings provide unique opportunities to
connect one-on-one with a patient. For someone who may be experiencing suicidal
ideation or behavior, meeting with their health care provider is a safe setting to
participate in a lifesaving assessment.
Research shows that approximately one out of every two people who die by suicide
have had contact with a primary care provider in the month prior to their death. One
out of every five people has seen a mental health provider in the month prior to their
death. One out of every ten people has been seen in an emergency department in
the two months prior to their death.
Suicide is preventable. Experts in the field have created research-based tools and
resources to help providers confidently care for individuals at risk. As a federal
leader in suicide prevention, SAMHSA introduces the free Suicide Safe mobile app,
a learning tool for behavioral health and primary care providers. Suicide Safe helps
providers integrate suicide prevention strategies into their practice and address
suicide risk among patients. The mobile learning tool is based on SAMHSA's
Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage, or SAFE-T, card, a nationally
recognized tool for suicide assessment developed in conjunction with screening for
mental health.
