Citation

Knox KL, Stanley B, Currier GW, Brenner LA, Ghahramanlou-Holloway M, Brown G. Am. J. Public Health 2012; 102(S1): S33-S37.

Affiliation

At the time of the study, Kerry L. Knox was with the Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Rochester, NY. Barbara Stanley was with Columbia University, New York, NY. Glenn W. Currier was with the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. Lisa Brenner was with the Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 19 Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Care, Denver, CO. Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway was with Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. Gregory Brown was with the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2011.300501

PMID

22390597

Abstract

Reducing deaths from veteran suicide is a public health priority for veterans who receive their care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and those who receive services in community settings. Emergency departments frequently function as the primary or sole point of contact with the health care system for suicidal individuals; therefore, they represent an important venue in which to identify and treat veterans who are at risk for suicide. We describe the design, implementation and initial evaluation of a brief behavioral intervention for suicidal veterans seeking care at VA emergency departments. Initial findings of the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention suggest it may be transferable to diverse VA and non-VA settings, including community emergency departments and urgent care centers.

Language: en