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Uniting for Suicide Postvention - Enhancing Your Plan
Workplace Pages: Getting Started | Enhancing Your Plan
Although there are several recommended essential components to suicide postvention in the workplace, the complex nature of suicide loss necessitates special care and consideration when tailoring a postvention plan to fit the particular needs of each work setting. This page contains invaluable resources to help managers adjust and adapt their postvention plans to best serve the needs of their employees and other affected individuals.
Podcasts: Postvention Practices for Specific Workplace Settings
The breadth of individuals impacted by a suicide loss can vary greatly depending upon the setting in which the loss occurs. The following podcast episodes are available to provide setting-specific guidance for postvention practices.
Mental Health Centers and Private Practices
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Medical Centers
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Military Settings
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Crisis Centers
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Schools
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Guidance Documents
Suicide Postvention Guidance
following a Suicide at a VHA Facility- When a suicide occurs at a facility or on a VA campus, it is essential to engage in best practices regarding suicide postvention, with the goal of helping Veterans, employees, and the community cope with suicide loss.
Authored by Sarra Nazem, PhD & Christine Pao – Updated August 20, 2019 
Suicide Postvention Team Pilot Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)- In June 2019 a national Suicide Postvention Team pilot program launched. This integrated endeavor between mental health and chaplaincy is a Dynamic Diffusion Network selected practice, designed to gather data on how to implement suicide postvention teams across the VA. The attached document is the current SOP that pilot programs are utilizing to help guide suicide postvention efforts for Veterans, community members (including family and friends), and employees. This SOP is based upon a protocol utilized at the Stratton VAMC and is consistent with a SOP drafted by a suicide postvention workgroup in 2016-2017.
Managing Patient Privilege after a Death by Suicide- Coming Soon
Training Resources
The Connect Program - Suicide Risk and Promote-Healing Suicide Postvention Training: http://www.theconnectprogram.org/training/reduce-suicide-risk-and-promote-healing-suicide-postvention-training
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)- Suicide Bereavement Clinician Training Program: https://afsp.org/our-work/loss-healing/suicide-bereavement-clinician-training-program/
- Suicide Postvention Trainings
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If you are looking for more resources regarding the personal impact of suicide loss, check out the Community section of USPV.
If you are a medical or mental health provider who has lost someone to suicide (personally or professionally), check out the Providers section of USPV.
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