A new Provincial Suicide Risk Reduction Framework has been released.

From the framework:

“The purpose of the Provincial Suicide Risk Reduction Framework is to outline a best practice and culturally safe approach to suicide risk reduction based on research evidence, Indigenous ways of knowing, expert guidance, and successes elsewhere. The framework is intended to be used by clinicians and to:
• Encourage implementation of standardized screening, management strategies, and follow-up care of individuals at risk for suicide
• Promote consistency across care settings in suicide risk reduction approaches
• Offer practical ways cultural safety can be enacted in practice with Indigenous people experiencing mental health crises, and
• Ultimately, reduce suicide deaths among individuals who have been seen in emergency departments and specialized Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) service settings in British Columbia (BC).”