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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Clin North Am. 2017 Mar 8;101(3):553–571. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2016.12.006

Table 2.

Published guidelines and resources for suicide risk assessment.

Name Source(s)

Practice Parameter for Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Suicidal Behaviors American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Suicidal Behaviors American Psychiatric Association (APA)
VADOD Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense
Assessment and Care of Adults at Risk for Suicidal Ideation and Behavior Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario
Core Competencies for Assessment and Management of Suicide American Association of Suicidology
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Suicide Risk Assessment Standards Packet National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, SAMSHA
Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) SAMSHA
Suicide Prevention: Saving Lives One Community at a Time American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
Suicide and the Elderly AFSP
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) Guidelines for Suicide IASP
Suicide Care in Systems Framework National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, Clinical Care and Intervention Task Force