A Health System/Community Partnership for Enhanced Outreach to Prevent Suicide Attempts

"The EOI will contain four main components: safety planning, caring contacts, care engagement, and risk assessment.~Outreach (via phone or text messaging) from Samaritans staff will be conducted every week of the 12 week intervention. Conversations will use a standardized phone script to (a) conduct a risk assessment, (b) develop and review a list of coping skills to use if the participant has suicidal thoughts, and (c) discuss plans for receiving mental health care. Samaritans staff will also send a caring text message or email at least once per week.~Participants will also receive standard care that hospitals provide to patients who present with suicidal thoughts."

Participants will receive standard care that hospitals provide to patients who present with suicidal thoughts.