Article archive / June 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 10. Source pages: 3.
The final version of a bill that began as mandated continuing education in suicide prevention for professionals, was amended to direct the Department of Health and Hospitals to provide a list of certain training programs for suicide assessment, intervention, treatment, and management and also for links to various training options. Amendments were added to make DHH immune from civil liability for these programs and also to make clear that DHH does not have to develop the programs. The final version is headed to be signed by the Governor.
The original measure, which would have mandated the training, was supported by psychologists Drs. April Foreman and William Schmitz, both experts in suicide prevention. Both noted to the Times the large percentage of those in the mental health and health care professions who cannot pass a test on methods for suicide prevention.
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