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New Directions in Safety Planning and Lethal Means Safety for at-risk Suicidal Veterans


by Marianne Goodman, PhD
Seminar date: 6/2/2021

Description: The presentation will feature several novel adaptations to Suicide Safety planning featuring a suicide safety planning manualized group intervention that with COVID-19, pivoted to telehealth delivery. With over 70 telehealth suicide groups run to date, preliminary feasibility and acceptability and lessons learned will be highlighted. Additionally, results from an RCT of a family based approach to Suicide Safety planning and family based lethal means safety educational project will also be discussed. Target audience: Clinicians and researchers who work with suicidal Veterans, their families or in telemental health.

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