Safety Planning: Introduction, Sample, and DMH Template and Considerations

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Safety Plan - Brief Instructions:
Step 1: Recognizing Warning Signs
Step 2: Using Internal. Coping Strategies
Step 3: Social Contacts Who May Distract from the Crisis
Step 4: Contacting Family Members or Friends Who May Offer Help to Resolve a Crisis

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- Stanley, B., & Brown, G. (2008). SAFETY PLANNING Introduction, Sample, and DMH Template and Considerations. Manual to Reduce Suicide Risk: Veteran Version , 1–4. Retrieved September 8, 2019 from http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dmh/1041367_302_13_Att_7.pdf  

Strategy for Safety Plan
Here’s an example for Veterans

- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Safety Plan Quick Guide for Clinicians.

Update
The Shared Safety Net Action Plan
(SSNAP): A Co-Designed Intervention
to Reduce Delays in Cancer Diagnosis

- Heyhoe, J., Reynolds, C., Bec, R., Wolstenholme, D., Grindell, C., Louch, G., & Lawton, R. (2022). The Shared Safety Net Action Plan (SSNAP): a co-designed intervention to reduce delays in cancer diagnosis. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 72(721), e581–e591.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Kayman, D. J., Goldstein, M. F., Dixon, L., & Goodman, M. (2015). Perspectives of suicidal veterans on safety planning: Findings from a pilot study. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 36(5), 371–383.

Micol, V. J., Prouty, D., & Czyz, E. K. (2021). Enhancing motivation and self-efficacy for safety plan use: Incorporating motivational interviewing strategies in a brief safety planning intervention for adolescents at risk for suicide. Psychotherapy.

Rogers, M. L., Gai, A. R., Lieberman, A., Musacchio Schafer, K., & Joiner, T. E. (2021). Why does safety planning prevent suicidal behavior? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Spangler, D. A., Muñoz, R. F., Chu, J., & Leykin, Y. (2020). Perceived utility of the Internet-based safety plan in a sample of internet users screening positive for suicidality. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 41(2), 146–149.

Zonana, J., Simberlund, J., & Christos, P. (2018). The impact of safety plans in an outpatient clinic. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 39(4), 304–309.

QUESTION 8
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