Suicide prevention by peers offering recovery tactics (support) for US Veterans with serious mental illness: community engagement approach

Abstract: Background: Peer specialists are hired, trained, and accredited to share their lived experience of psychiatric illness to support other similar individuals through the …

RAND research on suicide prevention in the united states air force

Abstract: The Department of the Air Force offers suicide prevention and response programs, as well as mental health and resilience programs, to prevent suicide among airmen. RAND's …

Suicide prevention and older adult Veterans

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to inform health-care providers about suicide prevention in older veterans. There is a higher rate of suicide in older adults. Older adults …

Helping airmen build spiritual fitness: Training military members in Niceville, Florida on spiritual formation through retreat

Abstract: The possibility of another major world war in the near future remains quite high. Ensuring military members are spiritually resilient and ready for war is essential. The …

Partnership Building for Scale-Up in the Veteran Sponsorship Initiative: Strategies for Harnessing Collaboration to Accelerate Impact in Suicide Prevention

Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the implementation and trust-building strategies associated with successful partnership formation in scale-up of the Veteran Sponsorship …

The Veterans Crisis Line: Relations Among Immediate Call Outcomes and Treatment Contact and Utilization Following the Call

Abstract: Objective: Crisis line callers experience reductions in distress and suicidal ideation and utilize more health care following calls. The purpose of this study was to …

Caring Letters Sent by a Clinician or Peer to At-Risk Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Abstract: Importance: Caring letters is an evidence-based suicide prevention intervention in acute care settings, but its outcomes among individuals who contact a national crisis …

Feasibility and Acceptability of Caring Contacts Texts for Suicide Prevention Among Veterans Recently Separated from Military Service

Abstract: The primary purpose of this single-arm mixed-methods pilot trial was to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a text message-based version of …

Military suicide prevention: Do families matter?

Abstract: Preventing suicide in military communities is a priority for many countries. Families are important to understanding and addressing many health issues; a budding area of …

Self-reported likelihood of a future suicide attempt: The role of plans for suicide

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The present study seeks to add to the existing literature by determining if having a plan for suicide, is associated with an individual's self-reported …

‘One is too many’ preventing self-harm and suicide in military Veterans: A quantitative evaluation

Abstract: Introduction In 2021, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust allocated over £2 million to programmes designed to have a clear and demonstrable impact on suicide …

Determining who military service members deem credible to discuss firearm safety for suicide prevention

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To examine rankings of credible sources for discussing secure storage within a representative sample of firearm-owning service members, and examine how …