South Carolina Suicide Rate Statistics
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SUICIDE PREVENTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
An important goal of the federal government’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (Goal 7), is to ensure community and clinical health care providers are trained in evidence-based suicide-specific assessments, management and delivery of effective clinical care. While the South Carolina Strategy for Suicide Prevention 2018-2025 promotes Zero Suicide, the specific training strategies focus primarily on recognition and referral for people experiencing suicide risk, rather than evidence-based training for mental health professionals to manage and treat suicide ideation and behaviors.
While it is important that communities learn how to identify the signs of suicide risk, it is crucial to have a network of healthcare providers in place and trained in evidence-base suicide-specific treatment to whom people identified as suicidal may be immediately referred.
Suicide Rates in South Carolina
South Carolina is ranked 28th in the nation for its suicide rate. Throughout the state of South Carolina, suicide is the:
- 3rd leading cause of death for ages 10-24
- 3rd leading cause of death for ages 25-34
- 4th leading cause of death for ages 35-44
- 7th leading cause of death for ages 45-54
- 11th leading cause of death for ages 55-64
- 18th leading cause of death for ages 65+
Overall, suicide is the 12th leading cause of death in South Carolina.
More than 3 times as many people died by suicide in 2019 than in alcohol related motor vehicle accidents.
66.21% of communities did not have enough mental health providers to serve residents in 2021, according to federal guidelines.
Sources: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) & Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
THE CAMS SUICIDE PREVENTION ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION & TREATMENT IS BACKED BY 30 YEARS OF ON-GOING CLINICAL RESEARCH
HOW CAMS-CARE ADDRESSES SOUTH CAROLINA MENTAL HEALTH IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
The CAMS Framework® has been proven through multiple randomized clinical trials to be the best assessment, intervention and treatment to reduce suicide ideation. Mental health professionals have reported that the CAMS Framework has given them a way to confidently treat suicidal patients effectively in only 6-8 sessions. And, more importantly, patients have reported that they like using the CAMS Framework. It is recommended by such groups as the Zero Suicide Initiative, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and the Sentinel Event Alert (PDF) by the Joint Commission.
The impact of suicide in South Carolina ripples through all communities but may be felt even harder in rural areas of the state where resources for prevention, identification, and treatment are less accessible and residents face more extreme health and economic disparities than their urban counterparts. One strategy to address this is to provide mental health care to rural communities through telehealth. CAMS has been successfully administered using telepsychology in a variety of settings, including rural and frontier regions of the intermountain West of the United States, and the U.S. Army’s Warrior Resiliency Program in San Antonio, Texas for suicidal soldiers in geographically remote locations. CAMS is a highly interactive and collaborative structure that engages the patient in their own treatment and has been shown to be effective across a variety of settings.
CAMS-care offers several training options to meet various learning styles and budgets, as well as the challenges of remote rural communities. The CAMS Treatment® is available via online training, in-person role-play training, consultation calls, ZOOM training, and more.
Learn more about how CAMS addresses mental health. Find a CAMS Trained™ clinician in South Carolina.
SOUTH CAROLINA CE REQUIREMENTS
The CE requirements for the state of South Carolina include:
South Carolina Social Workers Need 40 CE Credit Hours Every Two Years
Counselors in South Carolina Need 40 CE Credit Hours Every Two Years
South Carolina Requires 24 CE Credit Hours Every Year for Psychologists
Model Bill to Effectively Reduce the Suicide Rate in South Carolina
While training communities to identify the signs of suicide risk is important, it is not enough to effectively reduce the suicide rate. Legislation must be passed that requires all mental health professionals and primary care physicians to receive training in evidence-based, assessment, management, intervention, and treatment of suicide risk. Because, everyone deserves a life worth living.
CAMS-CARE PRODUCTS
CAMS-care offers training courses and materials for individuals and organizations. Our products allow professionals to earn CE credits to meet your state’s CE requirements:
The CAMS proven framework is introduced in Dr. Jobes book, “Managing Suicidal Risk: A Collaborative Approach“. The current edition includes evidence data from decades worth of extensive research and has a greater emphasis on how to implement CAMS in clinical settings. You may earn 6 CE credits after reading the book and passing the CE test.
CAMS-care offers engaging video training opportunities that gives professionals to earn 1 – 3 CE credits. We’ve offer training in addressing malpractice and ethical liability when working with suicidal patients, tips suggestions for working with difficult patients, and treating suicide risk with children and adolescents.
We also provide on-site Role-Play Training, Consultation Calls, and host Education Days for more hands-on approaches to the CAMS Framework.