MIRECC / CoE

Providing care for Veterans at risk of suicide may feel like a daunting responsibility. Why worry alone? The Rocky Mountain MIRECC offers free, one-on-one consultation for any provider (community as well as VA) who works with Veterans. Visit the SRM website to learn more and access our lecture series with free CEUs.
Tools + Support + Evidence-based Knowledge = Better Outcomes

The VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for Patients at Risk for Suicide uses evidence-based information to guide health care providers in screening, treatment and case management. This user-friendly website shares the twenty-two recommendations and accompanying resources in a centralized hub for easy access by mental health professionals. Visit our CPG website to learn more and to access our CPG webinars with free CEUs.

The Rocky Mountain MIRECC model of Therapeutic Risk Management with Patients at Risk for Suicide is a clinically and medicolegally informed model for suicide risk assessment and management. Our Risk Stratification Table is a helpful tool designed to help providers accurately stratify risk and identify associated risk mitigation strategies. To order free copies for your team, visit our online order form .

Lethal means safety aims to increase the time and distance between someone with suicidal intent and lethal means. Lethal means are objects (e.g., medications, firearms, sharp objects) that can be used to engage in Suicidal Self-Directed Violence, including suicide attempts. Facilitating lethal means safety is an essential component of effective suicide prevention. Visit the Lethal Means Safety website to learn more.

Losing someone to suicide can be a tremendously painful experience. The Rocky Mountain MIRECC (in partnership with the VA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention), has developed a website for suicide postvention that provides information, suggestions, and best practices to help you or another individual process suicide loss. Visit the USPV website to learn more.

This toolkit provides resources to support VA Suicide Prevention Teams as they build partnerships with Tribes in community-based approaches to suicide prevention. Many parts of the Toolkit may also be relevant for Tribal partners, rural Native Veterans, and Native Veteran family members. The Toolkit includes a guide to building Tribal partnerships; a guide to adapting the VA S.A.V.E. training for use with Tribal communities; and a guide to implementing the adapted S.A.V.E. training in Tribal settings. Download the Tribal-VHA Partnerships in Suicide Prevention Toolkit.

In response to the lack of a universally agreed upon definition of suicide and associated terms, the Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Veteran Suicide Prevention partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a common language, or a nomenclature, related to self-directed violence. Learn more on our SDV Classification and Nomenclature website.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a significant public health concern. This toolkit provides mental health clinicians necessary information to address the needs of Veterans/Military Personnel with a history of TBI and co-occurring mental health conditions. Use this online toolkit.

If there has been a recent suicide attempt in your or your patient's family, this may be one of the toughest experiences you, your patient, and their children may ever face. This guide is intended to provide support and share developmentally appropriate language for talking with kids, as well as, sharing resources as the family starts their recovery journey. Learn more by visiting our T2K website.