Why include safety planning in the Plan for certain patients?

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Why include safety planning in the Plan for certain patients?

Safety planning in the Plan section is all about actively reducing risk and ensuring ongoing protection and support for the patient. It involves collaborating with the patient to identify situations or warning signs that could lead to harm, and then outlining concrete steps to prevent those outcomes. These steps often include coping strategies the patient can use, specific supports or people to contact, means to reduce access to dangerous items, and clear plans for urgent help or transitions to higher levels of care if risk escalates. The goal is to prevent injury, self-harm, abuse, or unsafe circumstances and to ensure the patient has reliable follow-up and resources after the visit. Documentation for billing or compliance, or notes about prognosis or training experiences, do not address the immediate safety needs or the practical steps to keep someone safe, which is why they aren’t the focus of the safety plan.

Safety planning in the Plan section is all about actively reducing risk and ensuring ongoing protection and support for the patient. It involves collaborating with the patient to identify situations or warning signs that could lead to harm, and then outlining concrete steps to prevent those outcomes. These steps often include coping strategies the patient can use, specific supports or people to contact, means to reduce access to dangerous items, and clear plans for urgent help or transitions to higher levels of care if risk escalates. The goal is to prevent injury, self-harm, abuse, or unsafe circumstances and to ensure the patient has reliable follow-up and resources after the visit.

Documentation for billing or compliance, or notes about prognosis or training experiences, do not address the immediate safety needs or the practical steps to keep someone safe, which is why they aren’t the focus of the safety plan.

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