On May 23, 2023, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences hosted a workshop titled Current Practices and Challenges for Identifying and Managing Suicide Risk Among Veterans in Non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare Systems to explore the landscape of veteran health care and suicide risk; consider strategies to identify veterans who receive their health care outside of the VHA; and identify best practices for suicide risk identification and care for VA-purchased care in community and at non-VA entities. This proceedings presents a summary of the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE ON CURRENT PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES FOR IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING SUICIDE RISK AMONG VETERANS IN NON-VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
• Reviewers
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction
  • WORKSHOP GOALS
  • ORGANIZATION OF THIS PROCEEDINGS
• 2. Suicide Risk Among Veterans
  • HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND CURRENT ISSUES
  • THE EXPERIENCES OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN SEEKING CARE
• 3. The Policy Context for Veteran Health Care
  • DETERMINING VETERAN STATUS AND CRITERIA FOR VA HEALTH CARE
  • APPLYING THE VA/DOD CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS AT RISK FOR SUICIDE
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCE
• 4. The Landscape of Veteran Health Care and Suicide Risk
  • EXAMINING FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED SUICIDE RISK FOR VETERANS
  • EXPLORING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TRANSITION FROM MILITARY SERVICE TO CIVILIAN LIFE AND THE RISK FOR SUICIDE
  • USING THE VA/DOD CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS AT RISK FOR SUICIDE TO INFORM SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTS
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 5. Best Practices, Gaps, and Challenges for Identifying and Managing Suicide Risk Across Veteran Populations
  • INTRODUCTION
  • INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HEALTH CARE OUTSIDE OF VHA
  • INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HEALTH CARE IN VA-PURCHASED COMMUNITY CARE SETTINGS
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 6. Reflections on Workshop Themes and Paths Forward
  • USING RISK FACTORS FOR SUICIDE TO INFORM SUICIDE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS FOR VETERANS
  • CREATING A NATIONAL MODEL FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
  • ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT INTERVENTIONS
  • ADDRESSING FIREARM RISK
  • LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS TO PREVENT SUICIDE
  • LEARNING FROM VETERANS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCE
• Appendix A. Public Meeting Agenda
• Appendix B. Biographical Sketches

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Identifying and Managing Veteran Suicide Risk: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27195.

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/27195

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