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Additional Resources

Additional Resources from the VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry - Suicide Prevention Collaborative (PSCI-SPC)

Other Programs at the Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention

Together With Veterans

Together with Veterans, Rural Veteran Suicide Prevention Program

Together With Veterans (TWV) is a community-based suicide prevention program for rural Veterans. TWV involves partnering with rural Veterans and their communities to implement community-based suicide prevention. For more info, visit our website.

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) for Suicide Prevention

Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are research informed recommendations on how to diagnose and treat a medical or psychiatric condition. Visit our updated CPG website for resources, including webinars and recommendations, specific to the CPG For Patients at Risk for Suicide.

Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program

Suicide Risk Management

The Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program (SRM) provides free consultation, support, and resources that promote therapeutic best practices for providers working with Veterans at risk for suicide including the SRM Lecture Series: a free, live webinar offered on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 2-3pm EST. The lectures are designed for providers working with Veterans at risk for suicide. They cover a broad range of suicide prevention topics including best practices in suicide risk assessment, risk stratification, cultural considerations for suicide prevention, and postvention practices.

Postvention

Visit the Uniting for Suicide Postvention (USPV) website to explore resources for community, providers, and workplaces who are healing after suicide loss. To learn more about postvention consultation, please reference the SRM Postvention Factsheet.

Evidence-Based and Best Practice Strategies for Veteran Suicide Prevention

Promotion Strategies

A promotion-level intervention is used to target the entire population and aims to promote mental health and enhance an individual's ability to achieve well- being.

  • The American Medical Association suggests that all healthcare providers screen patients for Veteran or Veteran family member status. "Have You Ever Served in the Military?" can be accessed here: https://www.haveyoueverserved.com/

Universal Prevention Strategies

Universal preventive interventions apply to the general population and focus on taking proactive measures to prevent suicide.

  • The Zero Suicide Toolkit provides additional information regarding creating a culture of suicide prevention within an organization. This video entitled "Leading Change Toward Better Suicide Care Management," outlines ways to involve organizational leaders in Zero Suicide implementations: https://zerosuicide.edc.org/toolkit/lead
  • The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance) resource, "Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: Making Health Care Suicide Safe," can be accessed here: https://theactionalliance.org/resource/recommended-standard-care

Prevention Strategies

A selective preventive intervention is targeted at individuals or subgroups, based on a biological or social risk factor that indicates suicide risk is significantly higher than average.

Indicated Prevention Strategies

An indicated preventive intervention is aimed at individuals who are considered at high risk due to a prior suicide attempt or current suicidal ideation, but whose symptoms are not yet severe or prolonged enough to meet diagnostic criteria.

  • For the Veterans Crisis Line, call: 988 and press 1. For more information on the Veterans Crisis Line go to: Veterans Crisis Line
  • The Veterans Crisis Line also provides services via chat. To chat with the Veterans Crisis Line, go to: Veterans Crisis Line Chator send a text message to: 838255.
  • For Veteran family members, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available for suicide prevention and mental health crisis assistance by texting 988 or online chat: https://988lifeline.org/chat/

Mixed Prevention Strategies

Depending on the method being used, the level of intervention required, and the population targeted, multiple strategies and/or classifications may be applied to a strategy. Mixed prevention interventions include: