Screening Tools / SAMHSA-HRSA

Screening Tools / SAMHSA-HRSA

Screening for Suicide Risk

Early detection is critical for suicide prevention, yet many health care organizations do not have adequate suicide prevention resources, leading to low detection and treatment rates for those at risk. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides free and easy-to-use suicide risk screening tools to help you asses and diagnose your patients. If you treat youth, you can use the National Institute of Mental Health’s Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) toolkit to help screen patients ages 10–24 for suicide risk.