Coping Planning is an approach to supporting people who are distressed.Stallman, H. M. & Wilson, C. J. (2018). Can the mental health of Australians be improved by dual strategy for promotion and prevention? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(6), 602. URL H. M., Ohan, J. L. (2018). The alignment of law, practice and need in suicide prevention. BJPsych Bulletin, 42(2), 51–53. URL It is part of a biopsychosocialEngel G. L. (1980). "The clinical application of the biopsychosocial model". American Journal of Psychiatry . 137(5) : 535–544. doi:10.1176/ajp.137.5.535. . approach to mental health and wellbeing that comprises healthy environments, responsive parenting, belonging, healthy activities, coping,  resilience and treatment of illness.Stallman, H. M. (2018). Coping Planning: A patient- and strengths-focused approach to suicide prevention training. Australasian Psychiatry, 26(2), 141–144. doi URL Coping planning normalises distress as a universal human experience.Coping is for Everyone URL It draws on a health-focused approach to coping, to improve emotional regulation and decrease the memory of unpleasant emotionsKatsumi , Y. & Dolcos, S. (2018). Suppress to feel and remember less: Neural correlates of explicit and implicit emotional suppression on perception and memory. Neuropsychologia, doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.02.010. Coping planning interventions are effective when people are supported in the process of forming coping plans.Kwasnicka, D., Presseau, J., White, M., & Sniehotta, F. F. (2013). Does planning how to cope with anticipated barriers facilitate health-related behaviour change? A systematic review, Health Psychology Review, 7:2, 129-145, doi: URL Mobile appsStallman, H. M. (2017). My Coping Plan mobile application%DIFDELCMD < ]%%% . Available at URL or URL can support coping by acting as a prompt to use healthy coping strategies when distressed, rather than habitual unhealthy coping strategies. Coping planning has five aims: Promote coping Meet the needs of people who are distressed Be easy to use by clinicians and people who support others Eliminate stigma related to suicide Prevent suicide Approach Coping planning aims to meet the needs of people who ask for help with distress, including suicidal ideation.. By addressing why someone asks for help, the focus stays on what the person needs rather than on what the helper wants to do. It provides an alternative to the widely used, but non-evidence-based risk-assessment approach to suicide prevention.Franklin, JC , Ribeiro, JD , Fox, KR. Risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A meta-analysis of 50 years of research. Psychol Bull 2016; 143 : 187– 232. doi: URL Needs assessment and support focuses on the individual needs of each person. They are rated as low (coping independently), moderate (may need additional low-intensity professional support), or high (needs immediate high-intensity professional support)  Coping planning has three steps:Stallman, H. M. (2017). Care · Collaborate · Connect: Suicide Prevention. Adelaide: University of South Australia. Care: being available to listen and care about people who are distressed; Collaborate: asking how the person is coping and helping them think about additional healthy coping strategies they could use; Connect: helping the person connect with health professionals if they need more support . Role in suicide prevention Coping planning is designed to contribute to suicide prevention in a number of ways. Firstly, by providing a framework to support people whenever they seek help, rather than waiting until they are considered high-risk for death by suicideStallman , H. M. (2017). Meeting the needs of patients who have suicidal thoughts presenting to Emergency Departments. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 29(6), 749. doi: URL Secondly, it aims to focus on helping people to cope, rather than to stay safe from suicide, which, according to ironic process theoryWegner, Daniel M. (1989). White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obsession, and the Psychology of Mental Control. Viking Adult. . , makes it more likely that people will think about suicide. Healthy coping strategies improve overall wellbeingStallman, H. M., Ohan, J. L., & Chiera, B. (2018). The role of social support, being present, and self-kindness in university student wellbeing. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 46(4), 365-374. doi: URL and reduce distress.Stallman, H. M., Ohan, J. L., & Chiera, B. (2018). The role of social support, being present, and self-kindness in university student psychological distress. Australian Psychologist, 53(1), 52–59. Doi: URL Finally, it overcomes inattentional blindness, by explicitly focussing on coping. The approach is designed for use in both low (e.g., psychological first aiders or telephone helplines) and high intensity services (e.g., emergency departments or inpatient care units). Applications In addition to suicide prevention training for health professionals, coping planning has been used to train journalists,Stallman, H. M. (2017). Care · Collaborate · Connect: Journalism. Adelaide: University of South Australia and help a range of people cope better, including carers, university students, and with children to improve emotional regulation.Stallman, H. M. Ohan, J. L. (2018) Coping Kids. Adelaide: University of South AustraliaRohlf, H. L., Holl, A. K., Kirsch, F., Krahé, B.,%DIFDELCMD < & %%% Elsner, B. (2018). Longitudinal Links between Executive Function, Anger, and Aggression in Middle Childhood. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12(27). doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00027 See also Biopsychosocial model Coping (psychology) Counseling psychology Psychological resilience Suicide prevention
Coping planning is an approach to supporting people who are distressed.Stallman, H. M. & Wilson, C. J. (2018). Can the mental health of Australians be improved by dual strategy for promotion and prevention? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(6), 602. Stallman, H. M., Ohan, J. L. (2018). The alignment of law, practice and need in suicide prevention. BJPsych Bulletin, 42(2), 51–53. It is part of a biopsychosocialEngel G. L. (1980). "The clinical application of the biopsychosocial model". American Journal of Psychiatry , 137(5) , 535–544. approach to mental health and wellbeing that comprises healthy environments, responsive parenting, belonging, healthy activities, coping, psychological resilience and treatment of illness.Stallman, H. M. (2018). Coping planning: a patient-centred and strengths-focused approach to suicide prevention training. Australasian Psychiatry, 26(2), 141–144. Coping planning normalises distress as a universal human experience.Coping is for Everyone URL It draws on a health-focused approach to coping, to improve emotion regulation and decrease the memory of unpleasant emotions.Katsumi , Y. & Dolcos, S. (2018). Suppress to feel and remember less: Neural correlates of explicit and implicit emotional suppression on perception and memory. Neuropsychologia, Coping planning interventions are effective when people are supported in the process of forming coping plans.Kwasnicka, D., Presseau, J., White, M., & Sniehotta, F. F. (2013). Does planning how to cope with anticipated barriers facilitate health-related behaviour change? A systematic review, Health Psychology Review, 7:2, %DIFDELCMD < ]%%% 129–145, Approach Coping planning aims to meet the needs of people who ask for help with distress, including suicidal ideation.. By addressing why someone asks for help, the focus stays on what the person needs rather than on what the helper wants to do. It provides an alternative to the widely used, but non-evidence-based risk-assessment approach to suicide prevention.Franklin, J. C. , Ribeiro, J. D. , Fox, K. R., Bentley, K. H., Kleiman, E. M., Huang, X., et al. (2017). Risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A meta-analysis of 50 years of research. Psychological Bulletin, 143 (2), 187– 232 Needs assessment and support focuses on the individual needs of each person. They are rated as low (coping independently), moderate (may need additional low-intensity professional support), or high (needs immediate high-intensity professional support) . Applications In addition to suicide prevention training for health professionals, coping planning has been used to train journalists, and to help a range of people cope better, including carers, university students, and with children to improve emotional regulation . In suicide prevention Coping planning is designed to contribute to suicide prevention in a number of ways. Firstly, it provides a framework to support people whenever they seek help, rather than waiting until they are considered high-risk for death by suicide.Stallman , H. M. (2017). Meeting the needs of patients who have suicidal thoughts presenting to Emergency Departments. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 29(6), 749. Secondly, it aims to focus on helping people to cope, rather than to stay safe from suicide, which, according to ironic process theory,Wegner, Daniel M. (1989). White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obsession, and the Psychology of Mental Control. Viking . . makes it more likely that people will think about suicide. Healthy coping strategies improve overall wellbeingStallman, H. M., Ohan, J. L., & Chiera, B. (2018). The role of social support, being present, and self-kindness in university student wellbeing. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 46(4), 365–374. and reduce distress.Stallman, H. M., Ohan, J. L., & Chiera, B. (2018). The role of social support, being present, and self-kindness in university student psychological distress. Australian Psychologist, 53(1), 52–59. The approach is designed for use in both low (e.g., psychological first aiders or telephone helplines) and high intensity services (e.g., emergency departments or inpatient care units). %DIFDELCMD < & %%% See also Counseling psychology
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