Date of Conferral
2023
Degree
Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)
School
Psychology
Advisor
Dr. Derek Rohde
Abstract
AbstractThe capacity for mental health clinicians to provide culturally relevant suicide prevention services has become an issue within current society, given the complexity and impact of the circumstances that have disrupted everyday life. Thus, this became a problem for the organization and the target population used for this study. The current capacity of leadership and clinicians who provided prevention services was developed to address the underlying mental health disorders and not directly address the environmental impact. The approach for the study adhered to Yin's work on case studies. The case study research provided the process and outcome data by introducing different types of data collected from interviews, documents, observations, and surveys. The theoretical framework for this study consisted of the Baldrige framework of excellence tool, which assisted in evaluating the organizational strategy, customers, workforce, operations, and desired outcomes related to the organization's suicide prevention services. The findings indicated the need for enhanced suicide prevention training, incorporating environmental factors and underlying mental health disorders to address the Behavioral Health Organization’s practice problem. Recommendations based on the findings include developing and implementing a training program that would educate, train, and increase clinicians' capacity to provide relevant suicide prevention services that address current factors that impact suicide. This study may contribute to positive social change by reducing the number of individuals attempting to cope with suicide without relevant suicide prevention services as a part of their support system.
Recommended Citation
Gamble, David Solomon, "Best Practice Strategies to Prevent Suicide in Behavioral Health" (2023). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 14134.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/14134
