{"id":15631,"date":"2026-02-20T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15631"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:00:13","slug":"youth-suicide-prevention-in-primary-care-a-practical-care-pathway-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15631","title":{"rendered":"Youth Suicide Prevention in Primary Care: A Practical Care Pathway Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jos4EMhxfrs?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Youth at risk for suicide often turn to primary care first for help. This video presents a youth suicide prevention care pathway for primary care. It shows how to integrate universal screening, structured suicide risk assessment and immediate safety planning\u2014plus lethal means safety counseling\u2014into routine adolescent visits. It clarifies warm handoffs and referrals to behavioral health and crisis services, and defines a proactive follow-up plan with timely outreach, scheduled touchpoints and ongoing monitoring. The goal is a consistent, evidence-informed workflow that improves how teams identify and respond to suicide risk.<br \/>\nAbout the program:<br \/>\nThe Pathway to Suicide Prevention supports primary care teams with step-by-step implementation, tools and consultation to build consistent processes for screening, assessment and safety planning. To learn more or request training, visit Pediatric Mental Health Institute at Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado.<br \/>\nIf you or someone you know is in immediate danger or thinking about suicide, call or text 988 (U.S.) to reach the Suicide &#038; Crisis Lifeline or contact local emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with Children\u2019s Colorado:<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChildrensCO_Pro<br \/>\nLinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/children&#8217;s-hospital-colorado<br \/>\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jos4EMhxfrs\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youth at risk for suicide often turn to primary care first for help. This video presents a youth suicide prevention care pathway for primary care. It shows how to integrate universal screening, structured suicide risk assessment and immediate safety planning\u2014plus lethal means safety counseling\u2014into routine adolescent visits. It clarifies warm handoffs and referrals to behavioral &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}