Management of Suicide-Related Events during Deployment
Abstract
The broad objective of this project is to provide Army leaders, behavioral health providers and chaplains with targeted, practical, and scientifically-informed guidelines and decision aids on how to respond to suicide-related events during deployment. The study is being conducted in three stages. Stage 1 consists of interviews and focus groups with previously deployed behavioral health providers, chaplains, and unit leaders, as well as Service Members with documented suicide-related events during their deployment. In Stage 2, we will conduct a web-based survey of behavioral health providers, chaplains, and leaders in order to determine the types of decisions made in relation to suicide-related events; identify the methods of decision making for each subgroup in relation to these events; and summarize lessons learned from the outcomes of these decisions. In Stage 3, the qualitative and quantitative data will be synthesized and reported to the Expert Advisory Panel in order to develop guidelines and decision aids for use by providers, leaders and chaplains. Over the past year, our efforts have focused on Stage 1 of the study. We have gained regulatory approvals from the appropriate institutions, developed survey instruments, trained interviewers and coders, administered pilot interviews, and begun subject recruitment and enrollment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- ADA613797
Entities
People
- Barbara Stanley
- Gregory K. Brown
- Marjan G. Holloway
Organizations
- Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene