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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

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Psychiatric Advance Directives. At its most basic, safety planning is a way to help clients experiencing suicidal ideation navigate their feelings in a way that prevents self-injurious behavior. Above all, a safety plan is meant to reduce the client’s risk of harm. Psychiatric advance directives. Substance use disorder.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

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Psychiatric Advance Directives. At its most basic, safety planning is a way to help clients experiencing suicidal ideation navigate their feelings in a way that prevents self-injurious behavior. Above all, a safety plan is meant to reduce the client’s risk of harm. Psychiatric advance directives. Substance use disorder.

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You Asked, We Answered; 12 Questions about Trauma-Informed-Care

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Such invalidation is harmful to the traumatized individual. To begin offering trauma-informed care to clients coping with the effects of racial trauma, use the following strategies: Address self-blame and rumination. Recommend participation in positive, community-based activities. Make medical/psychiatric referrals as needed.