Care Transitions: A Critical Time to Prevent Suicides

• By: Jason Lippman Jason Lippman Solutions, LLC
• October 1st, 2020
• care transition, fall 2020 issue, guns, hospitalization, inpatient, outpatient, suicide
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The transition from inpatient psychiatric care to outpatient behavioral health treatment is fraught with elevated risk for people with histories of suicidality. According to the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance), suicide rates are 300 times higher for individuals...