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Clinical Mental Health Counseling NCMHCE®

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Intake & Assessment

Risk Ladder

The Opening Statement · L1

Fundamental concept

Stratifying risk from intent, plan, means, and protective factors, and matching the response to what you actually found.

Read: Suicide and Safety Risk Assessment →

Scenario

A 44-year-old you have seen twice says, midway through the session: "Sometimes I think it would be easier if I didn't wake up."

Work through each decision, the patient responds to your choices.