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Lethal Means Safety Resources
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Navigate to these additional Lethal Means Safety resources
• A Toolkit for Safe Firearm Storage in Your Community |
| • Reducing Firearm and Other Household Safety Risks for Veterans and Their Families brochure |
| • Means Safety Messaging for Clinical Staff pocket card |
| • Harvard Means Matter website |
| • Engaging Veterans in the Firearms Community to Reduce Suicide By Firearm SAMHSA SMVF meeting recording |
| • VA REACH Lethal Means Safety KeepItSecure.net webpage |
| • "Space Between Thought and Trigger" public service announcements (PSA) (15 seconds): older male | male | female |
| • Learn about safe and secure firearm storage options from a Veteran and competitive shooter in this video |
| • Clinical tools for preventing firearm injury via The BulletPoints Project |
| • "In Our Nature" Lethal Means Safety PSA Stop Lock & Live (68 seconds) via DSPO Lethal Means Safety PSA |
| • The Firearm Life Plan website offers resources and downloadable documents to preserve firearm legacy and maintain safety via the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado School of Public Health |
| • Firearm Safety in Times of Community Stress NOTE: The handout is currently unavailable to download while we improve the accessibility. Thanks for your patience and we apologize for the inconvenience. |
| Training: |
| • Motivational Interviewing (MI) training Link to reference 1 | Link to reference 2 |
| • Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) Training |
| • LMS VA Staff only: TMS course |
| • LMS TRAIN course |
| • Firearm Life Planning - Supporting Veterans and their Care Partners in Planning for a Time When it May Be Necessary to Limit Access to, or No Longer Use, Firearms: VA Staff only TMS course & recorded training |
Do you still have questions or need additional support?
Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program
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| Contact the Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program for free consultation, support and resources to any provider treating Veterans at risk of suicide. Visit the SRM page. |
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