Providing virtual suicide prevention groups for people experiencing suicidality: Pivoting service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic | Zendy

Yvonne Bergmans | Zendy; Krystal Lee Kellington | Zendy; Tanya Smith | Zendy; Amanda Pond | Zendy; Mikayla Goving | Zendy; Emily Shelton | Zendy; Chantelle Sayegh | Zendy; Dwight Syms | Zendy; Anya Perivolaris | Zendy

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Providing virtual suicide prevention groups for people experiencing suicidality: Pivoting service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s) -

Yvonne Bergmans,

Krystal Lee Kellington,

Tanya Smith,

Amanda Pond,

Mikayla Goving,

Emily Shelton,

Chantelle Sayegh,

Dwight Syms,

Anya Perivolaris

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

international social work

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1461-7234

pISSN - 0020-8728

DOI - 10.1177/0020872821996781

Subject(s) - pandemic , safer , covid-19 , intervention (counseling) , suicide prevention , service (business) , medical emergency , psychology , medicine , internet privacy , poison control , computer security , psychiatry , computer science , business , virology , disease , pathology , marketing , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)

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.

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