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People who have experienced a suicidal crisis can help ED patients with thoughts of self-harm

What is it about?

Suicide safety planning in the emergency department (ED) saves lives, but is not often performed because it can take a lot of time. We trained nonmedical people who had experienced suicidal crises themselves (peers) to do safety planning with patients.

Why is it important?

Peer-delivered safety plans were more complete and of higher quality. Patients working with peers had fewer repeat ED visits in the next 3 months.

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