About United States veteran suicide rates remain elevated over their civilian counterparts. Suicide rates among US veterans indicating homelessness are 186.5% higher than veterans without any indications of homelessness. Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention (BCBT) is one intervention demonstrated to reduce suicidal
About COVE is a two-way pragmatic randomized controlled trial of the Caring Contacts intervention with stressed and distressed veterans and military members utilizing monthly EMA (ecological momentary assessment) bursts to determine when and how the intervention is making an impact. The primary aim of
About The goal of the Caring Contacts intervention is to be an accessible, consistent, strength based, and scalable model of care in both clinics and service organizations. The irreversible, accelerated shift to telehealth and technology-mediated communication during COVID-19 has expanded demand for Caring Contacts as
About Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Core was created within the Military Suicide Research Consortium, a funding consortium of the Department of Defense, to promote MSRC-funded research. The D&I Core developed metrics for evaluating which programs and interventions were ready for dissemination and implementation led
About This effectiveness-implementation hybrid type 1 trial will examine both the clinical effectiveness and the implementation of a Caring Letters campaign for Veterans who contact the Veteran Crisis Line (VCL). Study outcomes are suicide attempts, VHA clinical utilization rates, and facilitators and barriers to
The Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPAR) is a part of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington.
