Health Services Research & Development

• Adkisson K, Cunningham KC, Dedert EA, Dennis MF, Calhoun PS, Elbogen EB, Beckham JC, Kimbrel NA. Cannabis Use Disorder and Post-Deployment Suicide Attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans. Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research. 2018 Nov 17; 1-10.
• Sullivan DR, Forsberg CW, Golden SE, Ganzini L, Dobscha SK, Slatore CG. Incidence of Suicide and Association with Palliative Care among Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2018 Nov 1; 15(11):1357-1359.
• Ilgen M. Pain, Opioids, and Suicide Mortality in the United States. Annals of internal medicine. 2018 Oct 2; 169(7):498-499.
• Souden M, Stelmack JE. VIReC Poster: Supporting Knowledge Exchange for the Learning Healthcare System: A Pilot Project in the Suicide Prevention Community of Practice. Washington, DC: VA Innovations Experience Meeting; 2018 Aug 29.
• Hartmann CW. Rational Suicide in Older Adults: Not an Ageist Concept by Default. [Letter to the Editor]. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018 Aug 10; 66(8):1648.

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• Medical Records Flag for Suicide Risk Increases VA Healthcare Visits among Veterans with Substance Use Disorder
  VA has identified suicide prevention as a top priority and established policies to include high-risk suicide patient record flags (PRFs) in the electronic medical record to alert providers of patient risk and increase healthcare contacts. This study sought to identify predictors of new PRFs and to describe healthcare use before and after PRF initiation among VA patients who had received a substanc...
  
  Date: June 8, 2018
• Evaluating Care Coordination Program for Pregnant Veterans
  The VA Maternity Care Coordinator Telephone Care Program (MCC-TCP) was created to support MCCs and includes outlines to guide up to eight calls with Veterans on topics such as VA maternity care benefits, chronic health problems, substance use cessation, and depression and suicide screening. Investigators evaluated the program and assessed its feasibility, as well as facilitators and barriers to it...
  
  Date: May 23, 2018
• Medical Record Alert Associated with Reduced Opioid and Benzodiazepine Co-prescribing
  This implementation project evaluated the effectiveness of an advanced medication alert designed to reduce opioid and benzodiazepine co-prescribing among Veterans with high-risk conditions (substance use disorder, sleep apnea, suicide risk, and age =65) at one VA healthcare system (VA Puget Sound). Findings showed that the proportions of patients with concurrent prescriptions decreased significant...
  
  Date: December 28, 2017
• Systematic Review: Patient Outcomes in Dose Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-term Opioid Therapy Suggest Utility of Multimodal Care
  Investigators examined the evidence on the effectiveness of strategies to reduce or discontinue long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) prescribed for chronic pain – and the effect of dose reduction or discontinuation on important patient outcomes, including pain severity and pain-related function. Findings showed that there are multiple strategies to reduce or discontinue long-term opioid treatment for c...
  
  Date: July 18, 2017
• Higher Risk of Suicidal Ideation and Suicidal Self-Directed Violence following Discontinuation of Long-term Opioid Therapy
  The primary objective of this study was to identify predictors of suicidal ideation (SI) and non-fatal suicidal self-directed violence (SSV) following clinician-initiated discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy. Findings showed that a substantial proportion of Veterans with substance use disorder diagnoses and similar matched patients experienced suicidal ideation or suicidal self-directed vio...
  
  Date: July 1, 2017

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• Forum Spring 2018: Suicide Prevention
  ...Modeling in the Fight Against Veteran Suicide VA Suicide Prevention: From Risk Factors to At-Risk Veterans Concerning Trends in Suicide Among...
  
  
• Suicide Risk Factors and Risk Assessment Tools: A Systematic Review
  ...questions addressed in this report were: See also Cyber Seminar on Suicide Prevention Interventions and Suicide Risk Factors and Risk Assessment...
  
  
• Systematic Review of Suicide Prevention in Veterans
  ...and adverse effects of suicide prevention interventions in reducing rates of suicide and other suicidal self-directed violence in Veterans and...
  
  
• Suicide Prevention Interventions and Referral/Follow-up Services: A Systematic Review
  ...in research funding for suicide prevention. Despite recent suicide prevention efforts, the suicide rate in the US has changed relatively little...
  
  
• Strategies for Suicide Prevention in Veterans
  ...Strategies for Suicide Prevention in Veterans Strategies for Suicide Prevention in Veterans Subscribe to the ESP Report RSS feed Investigators:...
  
  

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Videos

• Sleep Disorder Treatment to Prevent Veteran Suicide 12/22/17
• Mental Health Treatment Adherence 03/07/16
• Improving Medication Safety for Veterans 11/06/15
• From War to Home: Through the Veterans Lens 05/15/15
• Bipolar Disorder 03/20/14
• Military Sexual Trauma 03/20/14
• Improving Schizophrenia Treatment 01/31/12

Podcasts

• 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