Program Description

The QPR for PCPs (Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Nurses) is intended to prevent suicide not just among patients, but among colleagues, co-workers, and family members.

This course teaches basic QPR as well as its application as a verbal screening tool that can be used in general medicine, either inpatient or outpatient. A skills-based training, it includes foundational information about suicide as a public health problem, an orientation to the link between mental illness and suicide, and evidence-based treatments for patients at risk of suicidal behaviors.

This course also teaches means reduction, safety planning and continuity of care. Non-suicidal self-injury, short-term predictors of suicide attempts, and a guided brief assessment interview protocol are included. A community strategy for addressing risk and protective factors in preventing veteran suicide is included. A bonus module covering best practices for preventing late-life suicide is available.