... Patient Safety National Patient Safety Goals Inpatient Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Veterans Affairs Hospitals Peter D ... suicides and report all suicides and serious suicide attempts to the NCPS. All reports of inpatient suicide and suicide attempts submitted between December 1999 and June ... Results: A total of 185 inpatient suicide and suicide attempts were reported; 42 were completed suicides and 143 were suicide attempts. Approximately 52% of the... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAUG08/AUGFILES/VA_Root_Cause_Suicide_Study_08-20-2008.pdf
...Friendly Version MARINE RECRUITS LEARN TO BATTLE SUICIDE -- This as commanders and fellow Marines express surprise and regret over suicide of 20-year-old Lance ... Times) For more about veterans and suicide, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php?q=suicide&op=and We have two ... poison. Werbel, manager of the suicide prevention program, has established a website to provide information and updates on suicide prevention classes and videos. He travels ... their son's death never mentioned suicide. If there is anything distinguishing about the suicide, it may be that it was... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJUL08/nf072108-4.htm
... Printer-Friendly Version STUDY: INPATIENT SUICIDE AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN VA HOSPITALS -- Careful ... suicides and report all suicides and serious suicide attempts to the NCPS. All reports of inpatient suicide and suicide attempts submitted between December 1999 and June ... Results: A total of 185 inpatient suicide and suicide attempts were reported; 42 were completed suicides and 143 were suicide attempts. Approximately 52% of the... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAUG08/nf082108-6.htm
... Printer-Friendly Version VA'S SUICIDE HOTLINE SERVES AS A BEACON TO VETERANS ... Calls are flooding the Canandaigua-based suicide prevention hotline created for veterans and their ... day. For more about veterans and suicide, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php?q=suicide&op=and Story here. ...------- Suicide hotline serves as beacon to veterans Chris ... Calls are flooding the Canandaigua-based suicide prevention hotline created for veterans and their ... needed immediate response because they talked of suicide and had a gun or other means ... V.A.'s national suicide prevention coordinator. The Department of Veterans... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf111207-14.htm
5. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 06-25-2007 #6 -- SUICIDE: HEALTH OFFICIALS EXPECT SURGE IN NEED FOR CARE AS TOURS END -- Returning veterans could become part of ominous trend.nf062507-6.htm
... U.S. -- and suicide rates that often lead the nation -- Alaska was already at risk for suicide, according to Portland State University public ... 500 members of the study group committed suicide, including 197 veterans. Those with the highest risk for suicide were veterans who were white, college ... small population, Alaska contributes relatively few suicide cases (about 140 a year) ..., more non-Native Alaskans commit suicide than Natives. According to the recently completed Alaska Suicide Follow-Back Study -- which examined 426 suicide cases in Alaska over the past three... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfJUN07/nf062507-6.htm
..... Printer-Friendly Version A SUICIDE TRACKING SYSTEM FOR THE VA? - ... said he believed that development of the suicide tracking system was still in its infancy ... though the department publicly acknowledged only 790 suicide attempts in all of 2007. VA rolled out a pilot tracking system and suicide prevention database in 2005 to hospitals and ..., it seems widespread use of a suicide registry would definitely help identify veterans in need of immediate attention. The suicide registry piloted by VA in its facilities ... the veterans in the registry who attempted suicide had not been treated for mental health issues. The suicide registry, the inspector general reported,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAPR08/nf042908-1.htm
... Printer-Friendly Version ANOTHER VETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER SEEKING HELP AT SPOKANE VA -- This is the sixth suicide this year of a veteran who had ....htm For more about veterans and suicide, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php?q=suicide&op=and Today's ... death of Lucas Senescall was the sixth suicide this year of a veteran who had ... comes amid heightened concern nationwide over the suicide rate among veterans. VA officials said ... and it is training all employees in suicide prevention. Citing confidentiality rules, officials ... January when he was released from inpatient suicide watch at the Spokane VA. Brown... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJUL08/nf072108-2.htm
... ) or call the VA's suicide hotline at 800.273.TALK (8255). Suicide Signs Unique to Vets Experts on suicide prevention say for veterans there are some ....mil/dhpw/Readiness/suicide.aspx Navy Environmental Health Center's Suicide Prevention site 757.953.0959 ....navy.mil/hp/suicide Marine Corps Suicide Prevention Program http://www ... signed into law the Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act. It's named... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf111507-10.htm
... Printer-Friendly Version VA DELIBERATELY CONCEALED SUICIDE NUMBERS AND RISK, INTERNAL E- ..., show 18 vets a day commit suicide and four to five of them are ... BIG story about the VA's suicide prevention hotline. I wondered: Why ... goods on the VA about veterans and suicide. Basically, the VA lied about veteran suicide numbers. And, the VA knew ... about CBS News reports on veterans and suicide, use the VA Watchdog search engine ... very different, stating: "Our suicide prevention coordinators are identifying about 1,000 suicide attempts per month among veterans we see... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAPR08/nf042208-6.htm
... Printer-Friendly Version VETERANS' GROWING SUICIDE RATE WORRIES OFFICIALS -- After his ... Ward) For more about veterans and suicide, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../sessearch.php?q=suicide&op=and Story here. ...---- Vets' growing suicide rate worries officials John Koopman Chronicle Staff ... left him. He wanted to commit suicide. And almost did. The number of veterans who commit suicide is growing, and it is causing ... can work on my issues." Suicide hot line To reach the veteran suicide hot line, call (800)... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAY08/nf051308-6.htm
