The Ambulatory Care Pathway Committee and the Psychiatry & Counseling Clinic have developed a new High Risk Action Plan – A Guide for How to Proceed With Patients Who Score as High-Risk Using the Columbia Suicide Severity Screening Scale (C-SSRS).

The action plan includes specific steps for what to do related to safety plans, medications, follow-up, and documentation. It addresses resources for psychiatric consultation, including how to reach these facilities and hours that they are available. There is guidance for information to give to the patient, and a list of local hospitals with psychiatric units.

High Risk Suicide Action Plan

Ambulatory Care Pathways Toolkit Library

A special thanks to Jennifer Braden and Nancy Eveleth for their hard work to develop this new resource!