On Demand Grand Rounds: Zero Suicide: Clinical Guidelines to Prevention

This presentation was originally reviewed on January 20, 2023, and broadcast live online on January 22, 2023, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET. 

The views and opinions expressed by this presenter in this lecture are their own, and do not represent the views of Sheppard Pratt.

Suicide remains a major public health crisis and one of only three of the leading causes of death that are on the rise in the United States affecting those of every age, gender, and ethnic group.  In 2020, suicide was responsible for more ~46,000 deaths, killing on average 13.5 individuals per 100,000 lives. Coupled with this tragedy is the fact that in 2020, 1.2 million Americans made a suicide attempt and more than 12.2 million adults seriously thought about suicide, with more than 3.2 million formulating a plan. There is a myriad of reasons why people take their life with recent estimates that more than half of people who die from suicide do not have a known mental disorder at the time of their death.  Contributing factors to suicide include mental illness, relationship problems or losses, substance misuse, general health problems, housing, legal, occupational, firearm availability, and financial stress.  Zero Suicide as a goal is now an international phenomenon, although few health systems utilize the same pathway to achieve that goal.  The Henry Ford Zero Suicide program remains the most studied and the most successful program to date and once implemented saves lives.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors and other mental health professionals. 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, attendees will be able to:

  1. Define the epidemiology of suicide.
  2. Describe the Henry Ford Zero Suicide Program.
  3. Demonstrate key elements of Zero Suicide that can be operationalized in your health care system.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACEP NBCC clock hours
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Category II credits for Social Workers
  • 1.00 Psychologists
  • 1.00 MNA Contact Hours for Nurses
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
02/24/2023
Course expires: 
02/21/2025

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About the speaker

Dr. Frank, currently the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services at Henry Ford Health System earned her bachelor’s degree at Michigan State University and a Master’s degree in social work at the University of Michigan. After successfully practicing as a psychiatric social worker for nine years she decided to return to medical school graduating from the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University.  She competed her psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and was the Chief Resident of Primary Care Psychiatry. Following graduation, Dr. Frank joined the faculty at Henry Ford for 19 years and served in a variety of positions, including Director of Residency Training, Director of Psychiatric Education, Director of Forensic Psychiatry, and Director of Outpatient Psychiatry. Additionally, she had ongoing research grants and a clinical practice, specializing in mood disorders. Dr. Frank went on to serve as Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine for eight years prior to accepting the Chair at Henry Ford. 

Dr. Frank’s interests include mood disorders, forensic psychiatry, suicide prevention, opiate use disorders, and women’s health. Dr. Frank is one of the principle authors of Zero Suicide Prevention guidelines which were central to the award of The Joint Commission’s highest honor, the Codman Award and the American Psychiatric Association's Gold Award while she was at Henry Ford. She is committed to ongoing suicide prevention strategies which are supported by a number of current research grants. She is currently co-director of Mi Mind a funded program designed to eliminate suicide in the State of Michigan.

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Cathrine Frank, MD, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. She will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation.

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACEP NBCC clock hours
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Category II credits for Social Workers
  • 1.00 Psychologists
  • 1.00 MNA Contact Hours for Nurses
  • 1.00 Participation
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Grand Rounds: Zero Suicide: Clinical Guidelines to Prevention

Cathrine B. Frank, MD

Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI

Originally reviewed January 20, 2023.
Originally broadcast live January 25, 2023, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
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