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Teaching the public and health care professional about suicidality in veterans
Members of the VISN 19 MIRECC have traveled both locally and nationally to teach members of the public and health care professionals about suicidality in veterans. Venues have been varied and have included didactic seminars, paper presentations, posters, and key note addresses at local and national conferences. In addition to providing vital information regarding veteran suicidality, special attention has been paid to addressing specific risks associated with those in high risk populations (e.g., traumatic brain injury survivors, OEF/OIF combat veterans). Presentations have been made in both rural (e.g., Fort Harrison, Montana) and urban locations (e.g., Atlantic City, New Jersey), and at VA and non-VA meetings. Special emphasis has been placed on reaching providers who may be treating veterans who are not seeking care within the VA system. Past efforts have included outreach to law enforcement providers, health educators, and members of the brain injury community.
- Evidence-Based Interventions for Suicidal Persons
- February 7-9, 2007
- Denver, CO
- Advances in Psychopharmacology 2006
- December 5-6, 2006
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Evidence-Based Interventions for Suicidal Persons
- June 13-14, 2006
- Atlantic City, NJ
- (In collaboration with VISN 3, VISN 4 and the Chesapeake Health Education Program,Inc)
- Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention Update
- January 23, 2006
- January 24, 2006 (Repeat)
- Grand Junction, CO
- Suicide Assessment and Intervention Update
- June 2005
- Pueblo, CO
- Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention Update
- October 17, 2005
- October 18, 2005 (Repeat)
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention Update
- October 19, 2005
- Fort Harrison, MT
- Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention Update
- November 2005
- Sheridan, WY
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Training residents of psychiatry, psychology, social work, and nursing about suicidality in veterans
Certainly the training of students has partially been accomplished as described above. Moreover, specific didactic seminars have been offered to nursing students, psychology interns, and psychiatry and physical medicine and rehabilitation residents. Starting in academic year 2007-2008, psychology interns have been provided with the opportunity to rotate with the MIRECC. This year alone three students have selected this rotation. Within the context of this training these students have/will receive(d) specialized training in assessing veterans with significant suicidality. Moreover, each of the students has or is in the process of completing an independently mentored collaborative research/educational activity.
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Training clinical investigators
The training of clinical investigators occurs on two levels. First, and perhaps most formally, psychology and psychiatry fellows receive training in mentored research. The aims of this training program are outlined in the included description regarding the Special Fellowship Program in Advanced Psychiatry and Psychology. Moreover, all members of the MIRECC research teams benefit from ongoing collaborative relationships inside and outside of the VISN 19 MIRECC. For example, the Denver psychology research group meets weekly to discuss design, human subjects, and statistical issues. Moreover, current collaborations are underway with several centers/groups including the VA Center of Excellence in Canandaigua, the VA Health Economics Resource Center, and University of Colorado Neurbehavioral Disorders Program, the Suicide Risk Management and Surveillance Office (SRMSO), Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) & Department of Defense (DoD) Center of Excellence for Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, and the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.
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- Suicide Behavior Report
- Suicide Pocket Card
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide: Information and Resources for Clinicians- Information Packet and Brochure
- Primer for Checking on Death Concordance - Comparing Available Data to Gold Standard
Accepted @ AAS 2007: Abstract | Poster
- How to do a VistA Database Extract Comparison
Accepted @ AAS 2006: Abstract
- Validating Concordance and Completeness of VistA Health Record Extracts from the VISN 19 Data Warehouse
- Validating Concordance and Completeness of the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Records related to Mental Health Encounters and Diagnoses
- Suicide Death Date and Cause of Death Concordance
- A systematic review of the literature: Risk factors, processes of care, and structures of care related to suicidiality endpoints
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- Lisa Brenner, Ph.D., ABPP
- Suicide Prevention in a Hospital/Mental Health Setting
- Traumatic Brain Injury OEF/OIF and Suicide
- PTSD & Suicide
- Suicide Assessment
- Beeta Y. Homaifar, Ph.D.
- TBI 101
- TBI and Psychopathology
- Strategies for Preventing Suicide in TBI Patients (download PowerPoint slideshow)
- Peter M. Gutierrez, Ph.D.
- Suicide assessment
- Treatment planning, including development of safety plans
- Suicide risk and protective factors for OEF/OIF vets
- Jennifer Olson-Madden, PhD.
- An Overview Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: What Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Need to Know (download PowerPoint presentation )
- The Cognitive Sequelae of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Joe Huggins MSW, MSCIS
- How to create MS Access databases for research
- Website design using Adobe Dreamweaver
- Joe Hasley
- Emotional Intelligence
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Education Programs
- Suicide Behavior Report
- Summary:
Development of employee training for suicide-related templates including VISTA training for the template “Suicide Behaviors” and Performax training for the “Mental Health Suicide Assessment”.
- Location: Denver & Salt Lake City
- "Suicide in Utah"
- Summary:
Lectures to students and services providers in 2007 include didactic lectures to Health Promotion and Education undergraduates, "Genetic Risk Factors and Brain Structure" to the Utah Medical Examiners, “Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention” to community addiction therapists, “Healthcare for Homeless Veterans” to community homeless/voc rehab workers. Community education and outreach may improve services for veterans in the community.
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WEBINAR:
"Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran Suicide Risk: The Role of Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"
The Office of Suicide Prevention at the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment invites you to participate in a webinar featuring Dr. Peter Gutierrez a Research Psychologist at the Denver Veteran Administration Medical Center, an Adjoint Associate Professor University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry & the President of the American Association of Suicidology.
We are working with the State Health Department to make an archived version of this webinar available.
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