A bill that recently passed out of the state House seeks to require mental-health providers to undergo training in suicide-risk assessment and treatment as part of their continuing-education requirements. National experts, including the Institute of Medicine, have been calling for such training for at least a decade. If the bill passes, Washington would become the first state in the nation to require it.Pardon Me?? This is not required by their professional organizations???
That's pretty much equivalent to a paramedic not learning CPR.
Absolutely. Incomprehensible.
Every 15 minutes, someone dies by suicide in this country, states the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Washington, suicide is the eighth leading cause of death, claiming more lives than motor-vehicle crashes, homicide and HIV/AIDS combined.
According to a CDC report, some 230,000 adults in Washington had considered suicide in the past 12 months. That's nearly one in 20 adults, higher than the national average. About 36,000 Washingtonians make a suicide attempt each year.
