The ASAP Center is a partner in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). We promote treatments that reduce the risk of serious health and behavioral health problems in youth. Learn more about these approaches below.
Just Released: Screenside Chats with Gabrielle Carlson, MD, President of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. Gabrielle Carlson, MD, President of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), hosted our ASAP Center Co-Director, Dr. Joan Asarnow, PhD, on the AACAP Screenside Chats video podcast Episode 32 – “Protecting Our Kids: Keeping our Suicidal Youth Safe With a Mental Health Seatbelt”. Drs. Carlson and Asarnow discuss youth at risk for suicidal behaviors and an evidence-based intervention with effectiveness in emergency room (ER) settings. Dr. Asarnow describes our ASAP Center intervention, SAFETY-A, for youths with suicidal presentations in the ER. She emphasizes the importance of safety planning, lethal means counseling, follow-up contact, and linkage to evidence-based care following an ER visit for self-harm and suicide.