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Zero Suicide Framework

Education Development Center (EDC). Zero Suicide Framework. 2015.

Key provisions used in wiki

  • Establishes a system-level approach to suicide prevention, treating suicide deaths as preventable within healthcare and support systems
  • Defines seven elements: lead, train, identify, engage, treat, transition, and improve — each applicable to AI companion system design
  • Shifts responsibility from individual clinician judgment to organizational systems and protocols, directly relevant to how AI platforms should architect safety
  • Informs InvisibleBench crisis-gate design: the framework requires that every system touchpoint includes screening, not just designated crisis moments
  • Provides the conceptual basis for GiveCare's always-on crisis detection rather than session-triggered or keyword-only approaches