Wake Forest’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program trained its students to work with individuals and families managing trauma, crisis, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorder.

 

SAFE-T  is a five-step, evidence-based, suicide assessment tool shown to effectively measure risk factors and lethality among those with varying levels of self-harm ideation. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2024, SAMHSA) provides a step-by-step process to evaluate patients at this critical time. This resource also provides clinicians with tools to navigate acute treatment plan interventions. ​

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2009). SAFE-T: Suicide assessment five-step evaluation and triage (HHS Publication No. SMA 09-4432; CMHS-NSP-0193). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/images/res/SAFE_T.pdf