A comprehensive approach to suicide prevention requires access to high-quality data for monitoring suicide, nonfatal suicide-related outcomes, and, importantly, the risk and protective factors associated with these outcomes.
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The 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is meant to address gaps in the field and to guide, motivate, and promote a more coordinated and comprehensive approach to suicide prevention in communities across the country.
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Blog Post by David Shulkin, M.D.
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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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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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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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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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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.