Outpatient Mental Health
Outpatient mental health care includes services that address mental health issues in an outpatient or community-based setting. Ensuring that effective care for suicide risk is available to individuals at risk for suicide is a key component of suicide prevention.
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- To learn more about safe and effective care for suicide risk, visit the Zero Suicide website.
- See All Resources Related to Outpatient Mental Health (below) for a full list of materials, programs, trainings, and other information available from SPRC. Use the filters on the left to narrow your results.
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All Resources Related to Outpatient Mental Health
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Creating a Therapeutic Alliance in the Early Stages of Treatment With Adolescents at Risk for Suicide: A Tip Sheet for Clinicians
2024
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Barriers and Opportunities for Suicide Prevention Among Correctional Officers: An Issue Brief for Clinicians
2024
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Few Hospitals Follow Recommended Practices for Evidence-Based Suicide Care
2024
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Screening and Safety Planning With Adults at Risk of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Suicide: An Issue Brief for Clinicians
2023
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Almost Half of Children Who Go to ER With Mental Health Crisis Don’t Get the Follow-Up Care They Need, Study Finds
2023
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Resource List/Bibliography
Suicide Prevention Resource Center's Best Practices Registry
2023
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Webinar/Training
2009 Garrett Lee Smith State and Tribal Suicide Prevention Grantee Meeting
2023
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2007 Garrett Lee Smith State and Tribal Suicide Prevention Grantee Meeting
2023
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Webinar/Training
Suicide Prevention Strategies and Resources to Improve Services for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families
2022
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Webinar/Training
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Changing the Public Conversation about Suicide and Suicide Prevention
2022
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Zero Suicide Webinar: The Role of Peer Support Services in Caring for Those at Risk of Suicide
2022
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Zero Suicide Webinar: Data-Driven Quality Improvement in Zero Suicide
2022
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Pre-application Webinar: Cooperative Agreements to Implement Zero Suicide in Health Systems
2022
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
NEW YORK: How a Hospital and a School District Teamed Up to Help Kids in Emotional Crisis
2021
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Increased Access to Mental Health Care for Older Adults: Getting Support during COVID-19
2020
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
COLORADO: Mental Health Care in Colorado Has Gone Virtual Thanks to Coronavirus. For Some Patients, It’s Long Overdue.
2020
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Tailoring crisis response and pre-arrest diversion models for rural communities
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
VIRGINIA: Virginia's 40 Mental Health Clinics to Offer Walk-In Evaluations
2019
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Manual
Behavioral health services for American Indians and Alaska Natives for behavioral health service providers, administrators and supervisors
2019
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Using Electronic Health Records to Predict Suicide Attempts and Deaths in Outpatient Care
2018
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Mental health-related physician office visits by adults aged 18 and over: United States, 2012–2014. (Data Brief, No. 311)
2018
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: A Critical Step Forward
2018
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Report
The way forward: Federal action for a system that works for all people living with SMI and SED and their families and caregivers – Full report
2017
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Report
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Demonstration Program Report to Congress, 2017
2017
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Manual
TIP 50: Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment
2017
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
UNITED KINGDOM: New research examines suicide in new and expectant mothers
2016
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NEWS/HIGHLIGHT
Students of color aren’t getting the mental health help they need in college
2016
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
A snapshot of behavioral health issues for Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander boys and men: Jumpstarting an overdue conversation
2016
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Sample individual practitioner practices for responding to client suicide
2016
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Responding to Grief, Trauma, and Distress After a Suicide: U.S. National Guidelines
2015
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Manual
Trauma-informed care in behavioral health services: Quick guide for clinicians based on TIP 57
2015
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Report
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program, Evaluation findings, Report to Congress, 2012-2013
2015
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Resource List/Bibliography
LGBT training curricula for behavioral health and primary care practitioners
2015
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Manual
A journey toward health and hope: Your handbook for recovery after a suicide attempt
2015
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Psychosocial interventions for mental and substance use disorders: A framework for establishing evidence-based standards
2015
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Article/Chapter
State participation in the Medicaid expansion provision of the affordable care act: Implications for uninsured individuals with a behavioral health condition
2015
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Resource List/Bibliography
Bibliography of suicide prevention research for colleges and universities
2015
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Combinations of types of mental health services received in the past year among young adults
2015
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Leveraging the lived experience of peer support staff in behavioral health
2015
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
An introduction to co-occurring borderline personality disorder and substance use disorders in brief
2014
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Manual
The Way Forward: Pathways to hope, recovery, and wellness with insights from lived experience
2014
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Resource List/Bibliography
Zero suicide in health and behavioral health care resource sheet
2014
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Training
Reframing psychology for the emerging healthcare environment: Recovery curriculum for people with serious mental illnesses and behavioral health disorders
2014
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Report
National expenditures for mental health services and substance abuse treatment, 1986-2009
2013
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Webinar/Presentation
Suicide prevention strategies and resources to improve services for service members, veterans, and their families
2013
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Psychological and pharmacological treatments for adults with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
2013
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Guidelines/Recommendations
TIP 55: Behavioral health services for people who are homeless
2013
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Manual
TAP 33: Systems-level implementation of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)
2013
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Report
Measuring associations between symptoms of depression and suicide in adolescence and unhealthy romantic relationships in young adulthood
2013
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Guidelines/Recommendations
VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for assessment and management of patients at risk for suicide
2013
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Brochure/Booklet
It’s time to talk about it: A family guide for youth suicide prevention
2013
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Report
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program, Evaluation findings, Annual report to Congress, 2011
2013
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Report
Self-harm and suicide prevention, intervention & postvention: Lessons from North America
2013
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Webinar/Presentation
When helping hurts: Self-care strategies for refugee community leaders & service
2013
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Report
An Executive Summary of A History of Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention Efforts in Colorado
2012
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
RESPECT-Mil (Re-Engineering Systems of Primary Care Treatment in the Military)
2012
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Report
A Profile of Urban Indian Health Organization Programming to Support Behavioral Health
2012
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Article/Chapter
Barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking for young elite athletes: A qualitative study
2012
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Webinar/Presentation
Coming Home: Supporting Military Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
2012
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Report
Access to mental health services at Indian Health Service (IHS) and tribal facilities
2011
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Helping children and youth who have experienced traumatic events: Mental Health Awareness Day, May 3, 2011
2011
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Other
The 2nd Annual TBI & Suicide Prevention Conference: Safety Planning for People with Brain Injuries
2009
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Brochure/Booklet
Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage SAFE-T Pocket Card
2009
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Other
Working with emergency departments: Expanding crisis center resources and partnerships
2009
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Practice guidelines: Core elements for responding to mental health crises
2009
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Report
First national conference for survivors of suicide attempts, health care professionals, and clergy and laity: Summary of workgroup reports
2008
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Report
Strategies to improve external cause-of-injury coding in state-based hospital discharge and emergency department data systems: Recommendations of the CDC Workgroup for Improvement of External Cause-of-Injury Coding
2008
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Early childhood mental health consultation: An evaluation tool kit
2007
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Brochure/Booklet
Depression wellness guide for adults with depression and their families and friends
2006
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Manual
Addiction counseling competencies: The knowledge, skills, and attitudes of professional practice
2006
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Other
"De Facto" mental health system: A tool to understand the mental health system in rural communities, The
2006
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Guidelines for working effectively with interpreters in a mental health setting
2006
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Suicidality in children and adolescents being treated with antidepressant medications
2004
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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
Psychotropic drugs and children: Use, trends, and implications for schools
2004
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Guidelines/Recommendations
The assessment and management of people at risk of suicide: For emergency departments and mental health services acute assessment settings [New Zealand]
2003
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Practice guideline for the assessment and treatment of patients with suicidal behaviors
2003
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Guidelines/Recommendations
The American Geriatrics Society and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Recommendations for Policies in Support of Quality Mental Health Care in U.S. Nursing Homes
2003
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Training
Suicide Prevention for older people: Early intervention, assessment and referral options for staff working with older people who may be at risk of suicide
2003
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Report
Depressive disorder treatment in the military health system (MHS): A national quality management program special study
2001
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Guidelines/Recommendations
Practice guidelines for psychiatric consultation in the general medical setting
1998
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