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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2016 Apr 2;46(6):752–761. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12247

Table 1. CLASP Session Content Summary.

Timing Contact Goals
In-Person Session 1 Patient
  • Establish rapport and explain program

  • Obtain history (psych, suicide, thoughts/behavior)

  • Evaluate current status (suicide risk, psych, treatment providers)

  • Develop/review safety/crisis plan

  • Introduce concept of values

In-Person Session 2 Patient
  • Evaluate current status (suicide risk, psych symptoms, treatment providers/adherence)

  • Review/evaluate safety/crisis plan if necessary

  • Continue values clarification discussion

  • Develop short-term treatment goals

  • Discuss SO participation

In-Person Session 3 Patient
  • Develop “Life Plan” to monitor and mitigate identified potential risk factors

  • Obtain permission to contact significant other

  • Discuss importance of collaborative monitoring and problem solving with SO

In-Person Session 4 Patient and Significant Other
  • Establish rapport and explain program

  • Review significant other concerns regarding patient

  • Brief psychoeducation regarding suicide + risk factors

  • Review Life Plan (including safety plan) with significant other

Phone Sessions 1-11 Patient
  • Evaluate current status (suicide risk, psych symptoms)

  • Review/evaluate Life/safety plan and treatment adherence

  • Discuss/implement informal problem solving regarding identified issues/risk factors

Phone Sessions 1-11 Significant Other
  • Review significant other concerns and perceptions of patient

  • Review of Life/safety plan and treatment adherence

  • Discuss/implement informal problem solving regarding identified issues/risk factors