Suicide: Facing the Difficult Topic Together – Empowering Physicians, Instilling Hope in Patients (2018) – Mainpro+

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Evaluate the level of risk for suicide and determine how best to intervene.
2. Understand the prevalence of, and which groups are at high-risk for suicide in Canada.
3. Build trust with your patient and gain the confidence needed to have a conversation with a patient about suicide.
4. Understand some of the tools and resources available to support the identification of the risk of suicide among your patients, and how to better offer that follow-up support.
5. Understand the responsibility of a family physician when addressing the concern of suicide and how to have conversations about suicide with patients.