The website of the Military Health System and Defense Health Agency includes a variety of videos of military veterans and active duty soldiers speaking about a variety of topics related to mental health including suicide.
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Videos
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Treatment Works for Vets is a public information website for Veterans, family members, and others interested in learning more about proven mental health treatments for Veterans.
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Podcasts
Zero Suicide Institute Director Julie Goldstein Grumet spoke on the Brain Hijack: Science to Practice in Suicide Prevention podcast created by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS).
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Suicide is an important problem affecting military service members and veterans.
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Readings
In this episode, Rocky Mountain MIRECC for VA Suicide Prevention speaks with Dr. Bridget Matarazzo about the VA Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program.
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The Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, is offering a free consultation program for any clinician and provider who works with any Veteran at risk for suicide.
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Podcasts
Dr. Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH, physician and suicide prevention researcher talks with the Rocky Mountain MIRECC for VA Suicide Prevention about the disproportionate role that firearms take in Veteran suicides.
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Tools
The Department of Veteran's Affairs developed a Mental Health Guide that offers recommended products and solutions to ensure individuals in inpatient care have a safe and therapeutically-enriching environment.
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Readings
The Real Warriors Campaign is a multimedia public awareness campaign designed to encourage help-seeking behavior among service members, veterans and military families coping with invisible wounds.
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Tools
This pocket guide summarizes VA/DoD clinical practice guidelines for structured assessment of adults suspected to be at risk of suicide and the immediate and long-term management and treatment that should follow if an individual is found to be at risk.