About This project’s goal is to design, implement, and evaluate a new approach to suicide care: the Suicide Care Team at University of Washington. This team will respond immediately to referrals of acutely suicidal patients from across the health system and offer follow-up with
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 Adapted from standard dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), DBT-ACES (Accepting the Challenges of Employment and Self-Sufficiency) is an expansion and adaptation of standard DBT featuring a second year of treatment designed for DBT graduates who want to increase self-sufficiency and maintain living wage employment.
About The Connections Study is a 3-year NIMH-funded co-design and pilot study working to improve the design and delivery of care for adolescents and young adults whose suicidality is managed in integrated behavioral healthcare settings. It is one of several studies housed in the
About The Functional Occupational Rehabilitation for Troops (FORT) study simultaneously evaluates the outcomes of functional restoration (to improve service member pain and functional capacity) and implementation facilitation (to successfully stand up functional restoration programs) through a hybrid type 2 stepped-wedge trial. Clinical Arm of
About Approximately 35% of youth who identified as transgender report having attempted suicide in the past 12 months. Despite this high risk, few preventive interventions have been developed specifically to address the unique needs of this group who experience high rates of marginalization, victimization
About Suicide is a leading cause of death among 10 to 24year-olds in the US, and half of youth who die by suicide contact a primary care provider within one month prior to suicide. Suicide risk screening and access to brief and effective suicide
About The NIMH-funded Suicide Care Research Center (SCRC) is an interdisciplinary team working to improve the design and delivery of suicide care for adolescents and young adults in outpatient medical settings. Main Challenge Many adolescents and young adults disclose their suicidality to providers who
The Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPAR) is a part of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington.
