Zero Suicide in Healthcare:An International Declaration & Social Movement September 21 – 22, 2015

The Narrative

Forbes Magazine

2010, “The Forgotten Patient” – Those at risk of

suicide are pressed to

the periphery

of healthcare.

© Koren Shadmi

Suicides are being

averted every day around the world… but the effort is generally

individual… not

systematic.

Kevin Briggs, Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge

That’s also true in

healthcare (many lives

are saved)… but like the Golden Gate Bridge, far

too many are lost.

Greater suicide death risk relative to general population

The impact of patient suicide deaths upon the healthcare workforce is

significant.

It is time…

for healthcare leaders to aim for the bull’s eye on

the challenge of suicide

This means targeting

zero… which systems do every day around the world for

other complex

challenges.

None of our patients should die desperate and alone by suicide.

Suicide

Resu

lts

Tom Insel, NIMH

Actual people who have made

serious attempts

and lived… don’t talk

about choice… but succumbing

to unbearable

pain.

Many, many more suicides

can be prevented, but it will require…

Healthcare systems must

work together and within

communities

Utilize a systems approach to

quality improvement

Develop clinical pathways for

direct care

Summit Capital City Club265 Peachtree St NE, Downtown AtlantaMonday, September 21 Tuesday, September 22

8:30am – Introductions 8:30am – Group Exercise

9:30am – Timeline of Zero Suicide (10 to 15 minutes each; Ed & Justin Coffey, Shareh Ghani, Julie Goldstein-Grumet, Jan Ulrich, Becky Stoll, Virna Little, & Jan Mokkenstorm)

9:30am – Defining the Model

12noon – Lunch 12noon - Lunch

1pm – Suicide Prevention and Healthcare Systems Worldwide (10 to 15 minutes each; Lin Chi-Yun, Annette Erlangsen, Chan Lai Fong, Susan Murray, Siobhan O’Neill, Yasu Shimizu, Paul Yip, Jie Zhang, & Liang Zhou)

1pm – Spreading the Word and Changing the Conversation (The Social Movement Strategy)

3pm – Activating the Strategy (Action Items from the Group)

4pm – Group Exercise 4pm – Wrap-up

5pm – Tour of Behavioral Health Link

Agenda

Insert Healthcare Model/Framework HereConsiderations

A. Suicide Care in Systems Framework (Core values, systems management and specific practices)

B. Action Alliance SPRC Framework (7 Essential Elements of Suicide Care)

C. Implementation of mental health service recommendations in England and Wales and suicide rates, 1997–2006: a cross-sectional and before-and-after observational study

D. 4 Component Model: Organizational Leadership, Imagine Perfect Care, Include Lived Experience, Reject Myth of Inevitable Suicide

E. Measurement/Accountability/Transparency

Group Work

Adopt the mindset. Change the world. Zero is the only goal we can live with.

Zero Suicide in Healthcare Atlanta Summit 2015