No-Suicide Contracts

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Identifier EBP2016_poster_ALSUP
Title No-Suicide Contracts
Creator Alsup, Courtney
Subject Evidence-Based Practice; Veterans; Suicide, Attempted; Risk Assessment; Patient Safety; Mental Health; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Risk Evaluation and Mitigation; Contracts; Poster
Description Suicide among Veterans continues to be an issue of great importance and one of which different aspects of treatment are involved. One treatment is "contracting for safety" which is a contract between a patient and clinician or nurse. No-harm or no-suicide contracts have been widely used by many mental health care providers. The purpose of these contracts is for a patient to agree not to harm him/herself or attempt suicide, and seek help when thoughts may lead to breaking that contract. Although known by many names, the idea of having a patient "contract for safety" through a verbal or written agreement can be less effective and possibly, do more harm than good.
Relation is Part of Evidence Based Nursing - 2016
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Date Digital 2016
Date 2016
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Source Evidence-Based Practice 2016
Rights https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
Language eng
ARK ark:/87278/s64r26gv
Setname ehsl_ebp
ID 1399573
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64r26gv
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