Intervention of Suicidality Sample Clauses

Intervention of Suicidality. Although the primary purpose of the Screening Questionnaire is to determine who will qualify for a Medical Evaluation, evidence of potential suicidality may warrant immediate evaluation and possible intervention prior to the Medical Evaluation visit. If a Settlement Class Member provides responses to mood-related questions on the Screening Questionnaire that reach a specific threshold for suicide potential (as determined a priori by the Medical Science Committee), the identity of the Settlement Class Member will be provided to a trained clinician (e.g., clinical social worker) at the nearest Program Location. The Settlement Class Member will then be contacted by telephone or similar immediate method within five (5) Days by the clinician, who will conduct a brief interview to evaluate the degree of severity of the individual’s suicidality. If the clinician determines that the Settlement Class Member is at risk of imminent self-harm, the Settlement Class Member will be referred to a local mental health provider or hospital.

Intervention of Suicidality. Although the goals of the Medical Evaluation are for diagnostic purposes for the Qualifying Class Members, evidence of suicidality may warrant immediate intervention. If a Qualifying Class Member’s responses to questions asked during the Medical Evaluation suggest that the Qualifying Class Member may be suicidal, or otherwise provides cause for the Program Location staff to believe that the Qualifying Class Member is at risk of imminent self-harm, the Qualifying Class Member will be referred promptly or brought to the Program Location’s Emergency Department or Psychiatry Admissions Program for additional evaluation and admission. Costs associated with an emergency psychiatric evaluation, if any, are to be borne by the Qualifying Class Member or his/her insurer.