b'|Suicide Prevention Workplan - Los Angleles |5 |6 |Suicide Prevention Workplan - Los Angleles|7 Alignment with Los Angeles County Department of Mental HealthGuiding Principles of Los Angeless County Strategic Plan for Suicide PreventionStrategic Plan An effective strategy for comprehensive suicide prevention is also reliant upon a community-based In the Fall of 2019 the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shared a draft strategic plan: approach where every person, business, and organization in local neighborhoods is prepared to play a role Transforming the Los Angeles County Mental Health System (2020-2030).(3)As summarized in theby offering opportunities for work or community engagement that provide purpose, places and people that introduction by Dr. Sherin, Mental Health Director for the Los Angeles County Department of Mentaloffer meaningful connections, community members that are prepared to recognize warning signs for suicide Health, the strategic plan at its core recognizes the importance of a peer-driven andand support, and access to programs and services along the entire suicidal crisis path of prevention, early community-based approach with access to caring people for kinship, quality places for rest andintervention, during and after a crisis that are peer-based, culturally competent and offer care in the least genuine purpose for meaning in life. The LADMH Strategic Plan breaks down the mental healthrestrictive setting.system into three major domains. The rst domain, and primary focus of the plan, is Community,Los Angeles Countys strategic plan for suicide prevention is based on the following principles.In represented by a green circle. The second domain is the Crisis System, represented in yellow. Thisalignment with the principles of LACDMH strategic plan, community is represented in green, with the yellow includes those individuals at the edge of community and at risk of falling out because of crises andarea indicating crisis systems and supports with the goal to provide effective treatment and continuity of other intensive needs. And the third domain is Institutions, represented in red. These include thecare while always aiming for support in the least restrictive setting possible and with effective re-entry individuals who have fallen out of community and into the open-air institution of homelessness, theprotocols to community and school-based settings and services. The red line represents, as outlined in closed-air institution of the criminal justice system, or even the institution of isolation withinLACDMHs plan, individuals who are in involuntary care, homeless and in the criminal justice system. The communities, in addition to the traditional institution of involuntary care.institutions that serve these members of our communities need to be prepared to be able to recognize and We must be able to articulate and implement systems that work in a morerespond to suicidal crisis with the ultimate goal to stabilize, treat and re-integrate into the community.coherent manner using a strategy that is not only consumer-centric and focused onA long term vision for zero suicides in Los Angeles County envisions neighborhood based approaches whole-people, but one that is community-based. We must share decision makingwhere community provides connections, kinship and strengthens skills that foster problem solving and with individuals accepting care and at the same time invest heavily in strengtheninghealthy coping skills.Mobile response teams work in close partnership with law enforcement, schools, our collective to fully support recovery and wellbeing. As much as better treatmenthospitals, urgent care centers and other health settings to provide peer-based support, a warm hand-off to access is core to success for the vast majority, so is access to caring people forservices, and continuity of care to individuals in crisis.Peer-based Suicide Response Teams (LOSS Teams) kinship, quality places for rest and genuine purpose for meaning in life. In otherare able to offer immediate support after a suicide death in a school or community, while the community is words, we must do whatever it takes to be sure that, like treatment, communityprepared (through trained mental health professionals, peer-based support groups, and a stigma free participation and inclusion are realities for the people we serve. community that fosters open communication about suicide) to offer long term support to those bereaved.We must leverage our community assets, such as schools, libraries, parks and faith-based organizations, as access platforms for identifying early those in need so we can get them connected to resources that will curtail stressors and illnesses before they progress. We must engage families, households and kin wheneverImplementing a peer and community-based approach to suicide possible in the recovery work. We must ensure that all of our services areprevention will support a long term vision of zero suicides in Los welcoming and culturally competent such that they are not only available but, moreAngeles County by. importantly, accessible. Connectedness (Place, People, Purpose) Strengthening protective factors and promoting well-being and P connectedness through education, outreach, and stigma reduction.We must be sure that when people experience crises our robust real time response teams, urgent care centers, residential treatment and hospital beds are in Education and Awareness Promoting early help-seeking because people know the warning place to serve as guardrails and backstops that catch them so they do not fall outStabilization P signs, resources, and are condent to intervene or get help for of their communities. And for those individuals who do fall out of their communitiesCOMMUNITY themselves. into isolation, the streets and/or the criminal justice system, we must engage them Crisis Support andProviding a safe and compassionate response during and after a in a relentless manner to help build and activate reentry bridges that lead back to Linkages P crisis by focusing on stabilization and linkage to services in the least community.restrictive setting.(Excerpt, Introduction by Dr. Sherin, Mental Health Director, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health,Supporting individuals, families, schools and communities with short Transforming the Los Angeles County Mental Health System (2020-2030) DRAFT plan 10.11.2019.) P and long term response after a suicide attempt or death. Draft 3.3.2020 Not For Distribution Draft 3.3.2020 Not For Distribution'