• Workman TE, Goulet JL, Brandt CA, Warren AR, Eleazer J, Skanderson M, Lindemann L, Blosnich JR, O'Leary J, Zeng-Treitler Q. Identifying suicide documentation in clinical notes through zero-shot learning. Health science reports. 2023 Sep 1; 6(9):e1526.
• Montgomery AE, Blosnich JR, deRussy A, Richman JS, Dichter ME, True G. Association between Services to Address Adverse Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Mortality among Veterans with Indicators of Housing Instability, Unemployment, and Justice Involvement. Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research. 2023 Aug 11; 1-17.
• Clark KA, Blosnich JR. Sexual Orientation and Disclosure of Suicidal Thoughts Before Suicide Mortality. American journal of preventive medicine. 2023 Jul 8.
• Schmutte T, Krishnamurti LS, Davidson L, Klee A, Bullock J, Panas RM, Pfeiffer PN, Chinman M. Implementing Peer Specialists in Suicide Prevention Efforts in the Veterans Health Administration. The Psychiatric quarterly. 2023 Jun 1; 94(2):311-319.
• Landes SJ, Abraham TH, Woods JA, Curtis ND, Lauver M, Manchester C, Garrido MM, Porter S, Hughes G, Reger MA. Qualitative Evaluation of a Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Intervention for the Veterans Crisis Line. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2023 May 24; appips20220632.

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• 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
• Most Veterans Support Integration of Standardized Suicide Risk Assessment into Routine Primary Care Visits
  This study sought to characterize VA primary care patients’ perspectives regarding population-based suicide risk screening through the Risk ID program – a multi-stage suicide risk assessment process, which includes initial screening (the focus of this analysis) and subsequent evaluation when indicated (following a positive screen). Findings showed that most Veterans support integration of standard...
  
  Date: March 20, 2023
• Male and Female Veterans Differ in Attitudes to Referral to VA Care after Calling the Veterans Crisis Line
  This study described Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC) referral outcomes for Veterans who contacted the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) with active thoughts of suicide during calendar years 2018–2019. Reasons given for declining SPC referral suggest that concerns about or discomfort with VA care were a key concern, particularly among women Veterans. Women had a higher rate of declining SPC referrals...
  
  Date: January 1, 2023
• Mental Health Staffing Affects Probability of Suicide-Related Events among Veterans
  This study sought to measure the effect of staffing on suicide-related events (SRE). Findings showed that mental health (MH) staffing had a large causal effect on the probability of a suicide-related event. From 2014 to 2018, the per-pay period probability of an SRE among this study cohort was 0.05%. A 1% increase in mental health staffing led to a 1.6 percentage point reduction in SREs. This effe...
  
  Date: September 11, 2022

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• Suicide Risk Factors and Risk Assessment Tools: A Sytematic Review

  ...Suicide Risk Factors and Risk Assessment Tools: A Sytematic Review...Suicide Risk Factors and Risk Assessment Tools: A Sytematic Review Evidence-based...Kansagara, M.D., M.C.R., Director Suicide Risk Factors and Risk Assessment Tools:

• Forum Spring 2018: Suicide Prevention

  In the United States, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death, and rates...to be disproportionally affected by suicide....Spring 2018 Suicide Prevention » Back to Table of Contents Research Highlight...Highlight Concerning Trends in Suicide Among Women Veterans Point to Need for More

• Forum Spring 2018: Suicide Prevention

  In the United States, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death, and rates...to be disproportionally affected by suicide....Spring 2018 Suicide Prevention » Back to Table of Contents Commentary Preventing...Preventing Suicide among Veterans Will Require Clinicians and Researchers to Adopt

• Forum Spring 2018: Suicide Prevention

  In the United States, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death, and rates...to be disproportionally affected by suicide....Spring 2018 Suicide Prevention Compared to the general US population, Veterans...be disproportionately affected by suicide. For example, in 2014, Veterans comprised

• Forum Spring 2018: Suicide Prevention

  In the United States, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death, and rates...to be disproportionally affected by suicide....Spring 2018 Suicide Prevention » Back to Table of Contents Director's Letter...Letter Preventing Veteran suicide was the highest clinical priority of outgoing VA

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Videos

• Peer Support to Engage Minority Veterans in VA Mental Health Care 09/18/23
• Suicide Prevention and Implementation 01/29/20
• Primary Care and Mental Health Integration 01/09/20
• Sleep Disorder Treatment to Prevent Veteran Suicide 12/22/17

Podcasts

• Evaluating the Transitioning Servicemember Support Program 12/09/2021
• The Impact of COVID-19, Social Distancing, and Mental Health 11/10/2021
• A Community Network Approach to Supporting Veterans at Risk for Suicide 07/13/2020
• Research Into Gulf War Illness 06/23/2020
• Post-Incarceration Outcomes for Veterans with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Challenges 06/09/2020
• Engaging Rural Dwelling Veterans in VA Mental Health Treatment 05/26/2020
• Moral Reconation Therapy for Justice-Involved Veterans 05/11/2020
• Understanding Who's at Risk for Food Insecurity 04/14/2020
• Research to Reduce Veteran Suicide 12/09/2019
• Community Clergy Training Program to Improve Rural Veterans' Mental Health 12/20/2018
• Peer Coaching and Web-based Interventions to Help Veterans with Serious Mental Illness Better Manage Their Weight 06/26/2018
• Neurocognitive Risk Factors and Suicide Prevention 07/19/2017

Other Resources

• Visit the VA Office of Mental Health Services’ patient information page on suicide prevention.
• Access the VA's 2005-2016 National Suicide Data Report
• Visit the VA’s Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention.
• Visit the VA's Office of Research & Development healthcare topic overview section to learn more about suicide prevention research in all of VA’s research divisions.
• HSR&D Suicide Prevention Research Roadmap: Transition to Veteran Status
• Implementing Caring Contacts for Suicide Prevention in Non-Mental Health Settings - A QUERI-VISN Partnered Implementation Initiative
• HSR&D Suicide Prevention Research Impact NeTwork (SPRINT)