Your Electronic Health Record Should Help You Deliver Suicide Care

• By: Kelly Samuelson, MSW, LADC SPiER at Zero Overdose
• July 29th, 2026
• behavioral health workflow, electronic health records, follow-up care, patient safety, safety planning, suicide prevention, suicide risk screening, Summer 2026 Issue, zero overdose
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Many frontline behavioral health teams are expected to deliver suicide-safer care inside systems that were not built to support it. Staff are asked to screen for suicide risk, complete additional assessment when needed, create or update safety plans, coordinate handoffs, complete follow-up, and...

Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce Through Upstream Overdose Prevention

• By: Stephanie Simons Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
• January 19th, 2026
• behavioral health workforce, fentanyl risk, harm reduction, motivational interviewing, overdose prevention, provider training, safety planning, substance use awareness, Winter 2026 Issue
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I came to this work with a personal understanding of how overdose affects families and communities. I lost my brother to an unintentional fentanyl overdose two years ago after he took a pill that he believed was oxycodone, given by someone he trusted. The loss reshaped how I understood...

NYSPA Report: New Federal Policy in Support of Suicide Prevention

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. New York State Psychiatric Association
• January 14th, 2025
• crisis intervention, digital tools, healthcare, mental health, policy, post-discharge support, safety planning, suicide, suicide prevention, Winter 2025 Issue
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Earlier this year, the Biden Administration launched a new national strategy on Suicide Prevention. According to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): In the United States, someone dies by suicide every 11 minutes; the rates of suicidal behaviors have...