Site Map	Assess Suicidal Intent

• Introduce yourself and check the patient's identity
• Establish rapport with patient
• Appropriate use of questions, open, closed and clarifying
• Use of verbal and non-verbal encouragement
• Elicit previous histroy of psyciatric disorders
  • Especially previous suicide attempts
• Assess
  • Current mood
    • Depression
    • Anger
    • etc...
  • Risk Factors
    • Age
    • Sex
    • Life events
    • Social support
  • Plans and preparations for suicide
• Acknowledge patient's concerns
• Appropriate summary and analysis of findings
• Encourage patient's questions and deal with them appropriately

	Any comments or feedback please contact me by email: Tom Williams