Suicidal Ideation, Presentations and Outcomes

This presentation aims to deepen participants' understanding of the complexities surrounding suicidal ideation, its presentation, and the various outcomes associated with it in children and youth populations. Through an exploration of key risk factors, common patterns of self-injury, and effective intervention strategies, attendees will gain enhanced skills in identifying and managing suicidal thoughts in patients. Key points covered will include the distinction between self-injury and suicidal behavior, and the challenges in accurately predicting suicide attempts. The importance of immediate action when threats are made, and the need for rigorous risk factor assessment, will be emphasized throughout. Attendees will also learn how targeted interventions can reduce suicidality and why emergency room evaluations are often both reasonable and prudent.

• Enrichment of skills in the assessment, prediction and evaluation of suicidal thought

• Explore the emergence of non-suicidal self-injury including common cues and chronologic patterns over time

• Concrete resources for the home, school and clinic will be provided for when intervention is needed

Dr. Joshua Stein, a 2024 Minneapolis Magazine Rising Star Physician, is the clinical director at the PrairieCare Brooklyn Park Partial Hospital Program (PHP) practicing as a general and child adolescent psychiatrist. As part of the award-winning Psychiatric Assistance Line, providing psychiatric education and support to primary care physicians throughout the state to expand access to psychiatric resources. He is a dynamic speaker, covering topics including ADHD, psychotropic interventions and suicide awareness & prevention. In addition, he is the former president of the Minnesota Society for Child Adolescent Psychiatry and a local and national advocate for children’s mental health needs. ​

MN Board of Social Work

2.0 CEUs