CCS Crisis Intervention and Risk Assessment Flashcards
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When a supervisee reports that a client has made a direct suicidal threat, the CCS's FIRST action should be to:
Answer: Ensure the supervisee conducts or has conducted a thorough suicide risk assessment immediately
A direct suicidal threat requires immediate and thorough risk assessment to determine the appropriate level of intervention and protect the client's life.
The acronym IS PATH WARM is used in suicide risk assessment to identify:
Answer: Warning signs of imminent suicide risk
IS PATH WARM (Ideation, Substance abuse, Purposelessness, Anxiety, Trapped, Hopelessness, Withdrawal, Anger, Recklessness, Mood changes) is an American Association of Suicidology warning signs mnemonic.
A supervisee's client expresses passive suicidal ideation with no plan or intent. The CCS should guide the supervisee to:
Answer: Document the ideation, assess for risk factors, and increase monitoring while developing a safety plan
Even passive ideation requires documentation, risk factor assessment, and a safety plan to monitor changes in risk level over time.
Which risk factor is MOST strongly associated with completed suicide in the US?
Answer: Previous suicide attempt
Prior suicide attempt is consistently identified in research as the single strongest predictor of completed suicide, making it the most critical risk factor to assess.
When supervising a clinician working with a homicidal client, the CCS must ensure the supervisee understands the duty to protect under:
Answer: Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California and applicable state laws
Tarasoff established the legal precedent for duty to protect identified third parties from client threats, and supervisors must ensure supervisees understand their obligations under this ruling and their state's specific laws.
A safety plan developed collaboratively with a suicidal client should include:
Answer: Warning signs, coping strategies, social supports, means restriction, and emergency contacts
An effective safety plan addresses multiple layers of protection including personal warning signs, internal coping skills, external supports, means restriction, and professional emergency contacts.