---
title: "Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) Toolkit"
description: Mental health professionals can play a key role in suicide prevention. This toolkit provides four brief suicide screening questions that takes 20 seconds to administer.Early detection is a critical prevention strategy. The majority of people who die by suicide visit…
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/crisis-response-and-suicide-prevention/ask-suicide-screening-questions-asq-toolkit/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Mental health professionals
---

# Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) Toolkit

Mental health professionals can play a key role in suicide prevention. This toolkit provides four brief suicide screening questions that takes 20 seconds to administer.Early detection is a critical prevention strategy. The majority of people who die by suicide visit a healthcare provider within months before their death. This represents a tremendous opportunity to identify those at risk and connect them with mental health resources.

 

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