Validity Techniques: Ways to Ask about Suicide to Increase Openness and Honesty

This 2-minute refresher demonstrates two validity techniques you can incorporate into your approach when connecting with a person about their risk. The demonstrations feature a nurse meeting with a patient over telehealth in a primary care setting.

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SafeSide Prevention acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work. We recognise and respect that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of this country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Acknowledgement of Lived Experience
We acknowledge the lived experience of those with suicide and mental illness, their families and carers. Their preferences, wishes, needs, and aspirations are at the heart of all the work we do.

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