ASD CARES -- A Suicide Risk Assessment Tool for Autistic People.Suicide rates among autistic individuals are considerably higher than that of the general population. . And many of the additional risk factors that contribute to these suicide rates, are not considered in more general suicide assessments but could be contributing factors to ideation.
This tool is designed to augment any other evidence based suicide assessments scale you may already be using in your practice (e.g. SAD PERSONS, IS PATH WARM, or the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale).
This tool is intended to increase clinician confidence in creating an appropriate intervention and/or treatment plan when working with neurodivergent individuals.
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