Providing virtual suicide prevention groups for people experiencing suicidality
Pivoting service delivery during the Covid-19 pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9972833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yvonne Bergmans (0000-0001-8274-0704, University of Toronto, corresponding author), Krystal Lee Kellington (0000-0002-6148-7698), Tanya Smith (0000-0001-5929-9519), Amanda Pond (0000-0003-2500-6778), Mikayla Goving (0000-0002-0842-9894), Emily Shelton, Chantelle Sayegh, Dwight Syms, Anya Perivolaris (Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington, Canada) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 801-805 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020872821996781 |
| OpenAlex | W3192852593 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Skills for Safer Living is a 20-week group intervention for people with recurrent suicide attempts. This article details how it pivoted from in-person to virtual groups due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerns of privacy, client safety, and how to deliver the program virtually are explored, along with lessons learned
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Business · Computer security · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Internet privacy · Intervention (counseling · Medical emergency · Pandemic · Poison control · Psychiatry · SAFER · Service (business · Suicide prevention · Computer Science · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Virology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |