Research Topics
Suicide Prevention
Suicide and suicidal ideation can have lasting, harmful effects that impact families and communities. While its causes are complex and determined by multiple factors, the goal of suicide prevention research is to understand and reduce factors that increase risk (i.e. risk factors) and increase factors that promote resilience (i.e. protective factors). VA conducts an array of research into suicide prevention that looks at everything from predictive modeling to substance use disorders to the policy impacts of Veterans’ choice of services.
Each section below is populated by a search of the HSR website. Search results are generated based on the search term "Suicide". Results are updated as new data are available.
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Citations
(5 of more than 521 SUICIDE focused publications)
- Hoffmire CA, Kittel JA, Brenner LA, Schneider AL, Katon J, Miller C, Monteith LL. Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among Women Veterans Using VA Reproductive Health Care: Prevalence and Associations With Fertility-, Pregnancy- and Parenting-related Factors. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2024 Aug 5.
- True G, Cullen SW, Brecht T, Dichter ME, Blosnich JR, Montgomery AE. Suicide prevention providers' perspectives on addressing social determinants of health for at-risk Veterans. General hospital psychiatry. 2024 Jul 10; 90:84-87.
- Denneson LM, Bollinger MJ, Phillips R, Chen JI, Carlson KF. County characteristics and veteran suicide in the United States, 2011-2018. American journal of preventive medicine. 2024 Jun 19.
- Christian H, Crasta D, Lloyd-Lester G, True G, Goodman M, Bass B, Coric K, Ruetten T, Lane R, Khazanov G. Engaging suicide prevention and firearm stakeholders in developing a workshop promoting secure firearm storage for suicide prevention. Injury epidemiology. 2024 Jun 14; 11(1):26.
- Lange S, Llamosas-Falcón L, Kim KV, Lasserre AM, Orpana H, Bagge CL, Roerecke M, Rehm J, Probst C. A dose-response meta-analysis on the relationship between average amount of alcohol consumed and death by suicide. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2024 Jul 1; 260:111348.
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Publication Briefs
(5 of more than 84 SUICIDE focused publication briefs)
- Caring Letters Not Associated with Suicide Attempts Following Veterans Crisis Line Contact, But Are Associated with Higher Probability of VA Mental Healthcare Use
This study examined the effectiveness of the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) Caring Letters intervention and determined whether there were differences in outcomes by signatory. Findings showed that Caring Letters were not associated with suicide attempts following VCL contact, but were associated with higher probability of VHA outpatient and inpatient mental healthcare use. There was no association amo...
Date: April 29, 2024
- Veterans with Minimal Documentation of Rationale for High-Risk Flag Inactivation Are More Likely to Attempt Suicide
In this study, researchers reviewed the medical records of a national sample of Veterans with a recent documented suicide attempt who received a high-risk flag for suicide to categorize provider documentation of the rationale and procedures for high-risk flag inactivation, examine patient and facility characteristics associated with flag inactivation documentation type, and study the association b...
Date: November 2, 2023
- Veterans with COVID-19 Have Elevated Rates of Suicide Attempt and Other Self-Directed Violence
In this study, researchers used electronic health record data to examine associations between suicide attempt and other self-directed violence (SDV) and time since COVID-19 infection in VA patients who were infected between March 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, and similar but uninfected VA patients. Findings showed that Veterans infected with COVID-19 had a 41% higher risk of a suicide attempt and 3...
Date: October 26, 2023
- Suicides Among Post-9/11 Veterans Surged from 2006–2020, Exacerbated by TBI
This study examined trends in suicide rates from 2006–2020 for Veterans with and without TBI compared to the U.S. adult population. Findings showed that suicide rates among post-9/11 Veterans increased more than 10-fold from 2006–2020, a significantly greater rate of change than in the U.S. adult population. Veterans with TBI had suicide rates 56% higher than Veterans without TBI and three times h...
Date: August 28, 2023
- Most Veterans Endorse Clinician-Initiated Firearm Safety Discussions Based on Veteran/Family Member Risk
This study examined data from the online July-August 2019 National Firearms Survey to assess whether Veteran firearm owners believe clinicians should provide firearm counseling when specific clinical contexts suggest heightened risk of firearm injury to the patient or their family. Findings showed that a large majority (73–88%) of Veteran firearm owners reported that firearm counseling should be d...
Date: June 29, 2023
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Studies
( 5 of more than 53 SUICIDE focused projects
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| Project No. |
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PI |
Funding Start |
| SDR 23-066
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Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial of VA S.A.V.E. Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training for Veterans’ Close Supports |
Teo , Alan |
2024-10-01 |
| SDR 22-148
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Incentivizing Lethal Means Safety Among Veterans at Risk for Suicide |
Khazanov, Gabriela |
2024-03-01 |
| SDR 22-185
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A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of Treatments for Veterans with PTSD at Elevated Acute Risk for Suicide |
Harned, Melanie |
2023-09-01 |
| IIR 21-218
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Serving All Who Have Served: Enhancing Suicide-Related Care Quality for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Veterans |
Chen, Jason |
2023-05-01 |
| SDR 21-046
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Exposure to Suicide Among Post 9/11 Veterans: Prevalence, Correlates and Treatment Needs |
Sayer, Nina |
2022-07-01 |
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