PRiSMM Resources and Tools

PRiSMM telehealth resources and tools for suicide prevention and mental health in the State of Michigan.

Resources for all strategies

Telehealth practice simulations

Podcasts, Videos and PSAs

Access to Means

Trainings

Men's specific needs and considerations

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Care cards

Mobile apps and digital prescription therapies

SAFETY PLAN APP

  • For individuals at risk of suicide, primary and behavioral health care settings provide unique opportunities to connect with the health care system and access effective treatment. Suicide Safe is a free mobile app that helps providers integrate suicide prevention strategies into their practice and address suicide risk among their patients. The Suicide Safe app is based on SAMHSA's Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) card.

MYSTRENGTH 

  • Highly interactive, individually tailored applications empower MyStrength users to address depression, anxiety, stress, substance use, chronic pain, and sleep challenges, while also supporting the physical and spiritual aspects of whole-person health.
  • For individuals with opioid use disorder, reSET-O® is the only FDA-authorized prescription digital therapeutic that is proven to help patients stay in treatment longer using evidence-based approaches, like cognitive behavioral therapy, fluency training, and contingency management.
  • reSET-O® works in a way that meets patients where they already are, on their smartphones, so they can turn screen time into therapy time.
  • Patients prescribed reSET-O®  can download it to their phones for secure, discreet, convenient access to therapy, interactive learning, and support.

SBIRT

  • Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment is a comprehensive, integrated, public health approach for early identification and intervention with patients whose patterns of alcohol and/or drug use put their health at risk.
  • The screening quickly assesses the severity of substance use and identifies the appropriate level of treatment.
  • Brief intervention focuses on increasing insight and awareness regarding substance use and motivation toward behavioral change.
  • Referral to treatment provides those identified as needing more extensive treatment with access to specialty care. 
  • Modeled on a cognitive behavioral therapy technique that uses a physical box containing things that remind patients of positive experiences, reasons for living, people who care about them, or coping resources.

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  • Know your network for crisis care mobilization.
    • Walk-in.
    • 24/7 points of care access.
  • No Wrong Door approach (examples).
  • Consider outreach approaches such as guided intervention that match the patient's experience and offer coping methods for managing suicidal thoughts and other life problems.
  • Use of Care Cards to keep in touch with patients/clients to promote their continued connection with care and treatment (See examples in the Increase help-seeking resource list).
  • Know your network for crisis care mobilization (walk-in, 24/7 points of care access, local inpatient units and hospital crisis care teams).
  • SAMHSA Locator:  Find locations for treatment.
  • MiHIA Great Lakes Region PRiSMM Resources Inventory.

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Respond to crisis

  • Hotlines:
    • National Suicide Prevention (NSP) Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255).
    • Crisis Text Line is accessible by texting: “HOME” to 741741.
    • Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 (Press 1).
    • Veterans Crisis Text Line:  838255.
  • Zero Suicide recommendations:
    • Clinics should have high-risk protocols for telehealth to include securing emergency contact information and having crisis numbers for all counties or regions served.
    • Emergency contacts and preferred mode of contact, should be updated at the start of each session in case there have been any changes. In the case of an emergency, the provider may need to call the emergency contact to assist in evaluating a client’s safety or transporting a client needing a higher level of care.
  • Know crisis team availability in the county where the patient resides.
  • Suicide Prevention Resource Center:
  • Treating Suicidal Patients During COVID-19: Best Practices and Telehealth
    • Discusses safety planning adaptations for telehealth (contact info, plan if lose contact, involving family, support).
    • Discusses virtual options for coping skills.
    • Discusses Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills
      • DBT, medically known as dialectical behavioral therapy (talking therapy) can be performed either individually or through a group session to aid individuals to identify and positively change negative thinking patterns.
      • DBT is based on Cognitive Behavior Therapy but has been specially adapted to treat individuals who suffer from extremely intense emotions such as depressive, destructive, or suicidal states.
    • The end result of DBT is to identify, change and help an individual cope with negative and unhealthy behavior patterns and emotions, mainly during social situations.
      • 911, Health and Welfare check, local authorities.

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  • Barb Smith Suicide Resource and Response Network A non-profit organization that offers one-on-one and group support, phone consultation, and educational seminars to individuals and families who have been affected by a loss through suicide.

Immediately following a suicide - be sure to reach out to your local dispatch for victim advocates and local LOSS (Local Outreach for Suicide Survivors) Teams. Navigators of postvention/Crisis team.  988 can direct you to LOSS teams

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Reduce access to means

  • Counseling to Reduce Access to Lethal Means: Contains online modules for primary care providers addressing communication skills with patients who are difficult to engage around firearm safety; brochure for patients and providers, research brief.
  • Addressing Firearm Safety
    • Gun ownership is a normal part of life in America. In rural areas, a high percentage, if not all, of your patients will have guns in their homes. Having a conversation with suicidal persons about temporarily removing firearms from the home has great promise to save lives.
    • Telehealth Practice Considerations (relevant to this strategy) - normalize gun ownership; speak with someone else in the home; move away from the computer when talking-trust is essential, and stress the importance of respecting their right to own a gun.
    • People who Love Guns Love You, a brochure for patients.
  • Video resources
    • The videos integrate research findings from a two-year long research study designed to better understand rural firearm culture and messaging strategies that would increase the likelihood of a person at risk of suicide having a friend or family member temporarily hold their guns.
  • The Action Alliance
    • A public-private partnership for suicide prevention.
  • National Shooting Sports Foundation
    • Suicide prevention and gun safety.
  • Lethal Means Safety Counseling. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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  • Refer to Safety Plan Resources for All Strategies.
  • Refer to Man Therapy Michigan Resources for All Strategies.
  • Refer to Zero Suicide Resources for All Strategies.

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