suicide risk assessment
Clinical teaching and practical ideas for your next study session.
Case Discussion
Suicide Risk After Alcohol Intoxication: Reassess, Don’t Use a BAC Cutoff
A suicidal patient’s later denial after intoxication is new data, not an all-clear. Learn how to structure serial assessment, check the timeline against collateral, and make disposition from the whole picture—not a BAC or screening score.
Study Tips
Psychiatry SAQ Strategy: Separate the Hold From the Safety Plan
When an agitated patient refuses voluntary admission, the hardest part of the SAQ is not naming a form. It is showing how capacity, emergency detention, observation, environmental controls, lethal-means restriction, and reassessment fit together without overclaiming what a hold permits.