Suicide Assessment: Prepare a Suicide Assessment and Treatment Plan for Client with Suicide Thoughts

Prepare a Suicide Assessment and Treatment Plan for Client with Suicide Thoughts
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The management of the client with suicidal thoughts needs risk assessment and treatment plan to minimize and prevent the risk. In assessing the risk, counselor requires to understanding factors which trigger suicide risk and interventions that should be done to alleviate the risk. Risk factors and interventions are significant considerations when creating management decisions. The counselor should pay attention to the cues (which may be indicated by feelings of insomnia, depressions, or hopelessness), and should be ready to ask the client explicitly about suicide intent (Woodside and McClam, 2013). The client disclosed that he has experienced tremendous grief as a result of the loss of his wife and, therefore, does not want to live. Based on the counselor’s assessment, there is a cue that the client intends to kill himself; has decided on the means to commit suicide, and there is no support to hinder him from taking such action.
The counselor will assess risk factors that influence the client to commit suicide. Assessment reveals that loss of wife; hopelessness, living alone, and lack of support are the client’s risk factors. This is a comprehensive risk assessment, which is a systematic and reasoned clinical judgment. The counselor will identify risk factors associated with increasing the risk, will develop rapport with the client; will use a non-judgmental, patient, calm, and empathic approach; will carry out and document a detailed risk assessment; will clearly define and understand the defining levels (mild, moderate or high level) of the risk, and will identify the need for continuous assessment of suicide risk since risk fluctuates when circumstances change (Kanel, 2012). The comprehensive risk assessment will explore current suicidal thoughts, and identify access to means to commit suicide and history of client’s suicidal behavior.
The treatment plan will involve the counselor and client establishing a safekeeping contract which is signed by both individuals. This confirms that the client accepts not to commit suicide, agrees to comply with different...