Developed by people with taxpayer money to burn.
The app cost close to $100,000 to make. Taxpayer money and yet it doesn’t even give the new 988 number that the federal government has signed to the national suicide lifeline now rename something else. This is developed by SAMSHA, a department of NIH. they also run a suicide chat line that can take up to an hour to get connected to.
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Great App
This is a great to use in Primary Care where you don't see a lot of social patients. It held users incorporate Z recommendations from the APA guideline.
Fantastic Mobile Resource
This app is great for those who work in the field. I have it on iPad and the formatting is excellent. Its very useful in helping clients seek services and pulling back the curtain to show why I have concerns for their safety. Its very helpful because when working with a homeless population you may go some time without a crisis and get complacent. This app keeps you prepared for that moment.
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Update links, useful framework
Useful framework for screening and triage is proposed. Links in app need to be updated.
Interesting!
I like to see this new initiatives from SAMHSA. The most I like in this App is the Treatment Locator. There are still plenty of opportunities for this to improve.
Total Waster of Taxpayer’s Money
The app cost taxpayers over $90,000 for something that could just as easily be put of SAMHSA’s website. What is the purpose of having this on a smart phone or tablet. Are the providers supposed to be reviewing it while riding the bus? Rather than creating an app for those who may be suicidal, SAMHSA, with money to burn, decided they “needed” an app presence, like a kid who owns a Koolade stand decides he needs a website. And while more than $90,000 (plus the cost of making the promotional video, etc., so, let’s say well over $100,000) means little to those in charge of SAMHSA, who each make well over $100,000 per year, it is a lot of money to the rest of us.
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Great resource but not mobile friendly
I haven't yet fully reviewed the content, but what I've seen so far is good. I'm just surprised at the layout. It looks like browsing a full website rather then a mobile app. Some of the print is downright microscopic. It is a great start though and a useful resource.
