
Understanding Child & Adolescent Mental Health Suicide Risk Initiative
This presentation delves into the Quality Initiative for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Suicide Risk Assessment, including its development, challenges faced, current state, and discussions on evidence-based standards and practices. Key highlights include the need for consistent assessment, education efforts, completion rates, and upcoming audits.
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CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT QUALITY INITIATIVE Presented by: Doris Dong and Dr. Andrew Hall Chairs--Standards and Quality Committee Child & Adolescent Mental Health Date: May 2, 2016
Timelines 2011 recognition at the quality table (led by Lesli Shafer) need for consistent Suicide Risk Assessment in C & A Mental Health 2011-2013 development of a subcommittee to look at literature and the use of possible frameworks 2013-2014 SRA education across C &A 2014- Audit of completion rates 2015 Re-education across services 2016 and ongoing Audit q6months
Challenges Consensus on framework to use How and what to document Change in documentation Sustainment of the change in practice
Quality and Standards Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Historical Training and Language Impact to clinical practice
Current State HSC: Overall completion rate (January 2016): 60% service dependent services requested and received learning package and SRA was brought forward as discussion at team meetings re-audit for June 2016
Current State MATC all services report that SRA consistently being completed Formal Audit to take place June 2016 to affirm