Culturally Competent Management of Suicide
On December 6th, Dr. Joyce Chu, associate professor at Palo Alto University presented a training on Culturally Competent Management of Suicide. We learned 4 take-home points. These are taken directly from Joyce’s slideshow:
- Be Aware: Ethnic and sexual minority subgroups (elderly, female, adolescents) at elevated risk
- Don’t use mental illness as a sole screener for suicide
- Unique cultural considerations should be incorporated into risk detection & management
- Culture affects how suicidal distress is expressed
- Look out for variant methods/means
- Cultural Meanings of Stressors and Suicide are important
- Pay attention to minority stress
- Look at the social environment within one’s cultural context
- The Cultural Model of Suicide and the CARS and CMMS can advance culturally-competent suicide management
Make sure to sign up for the Motivational Interviewing workshop on Friday and keep your eyes open for more workshops on cultural competence and cultural humility.
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