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Core skills for communicating for safety

Communicating with patients and colleagues

Documenting information

In the community

Suicide – discharge and follow up of a person at risk webpage with resources

How to help when someone is suicidal

Communicating with people with dementia – Dementia Australia

LifeSpan Integrated Suicide Prevention - evidence-based suicide prevention approach

Helping someone else

Guidelines for integrated suicide-related crisis and follow-up care in Emergency Departments and acute settings

Suicide recovery and support strategies

Postdischarge Followup Phone Call Script – example script that can be tailored – AHRQ (US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

Post Discharge Care from Hospital Emergency Departments project

Conversations Matter – online resources for discussing suicide – Everymind

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