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Suicide Screening in Dental Settings

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Incorporating screening questionnaires that assess probability for suicide ideation, capability, and attempt into the medical history form may help ensure at-risk patients receive the help they need.

AGD Subject Code: 149

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Identify the differences between suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and suicide.
  2. Explain demographic information for those at risk for suicide.
  3. List risk and protective factors for suicide.
  4. Discuss the role healthcare providers play in addressing suicide risk.

This course was issued in September 2022 and expires September 2025. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.


Belmont Business Media is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ada.org/cerp. Belmont Business Media Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026. Provider ID 317924
3621 Harbor Blvd., Suite 265, Santa Ana, CA 92704

Tracye A. Moore RDH, MS, EdD, is chair of the Department of Dental Hygiene at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. A trustee and past president of the National Dental Hygienists’ Association, she is a member of the New Era Dental Society and the American Dental Hygienists’ Association. She can be reached at tracye.moore@nau.edu.


Haylee McElroy, RDH, BSDH, MEd, is the clinic director and assistant clinic professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at NAU.


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