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The VA ACE Card

The acronym ACE (Ask, Care, Escort) summarizes the steps needed to take an active and valuable role in suicide prevention. The VA ACE card is wallet sized making it easy to always have with you and handout to others.

VA ACE cards:
Not to exceed 50

The VA ACE Card Brochure

The VA ACE (Ask, Care, Escort) brochure summarizes the steps needed to take an active and valuable role in suicide prevention. The ACE brochure is good to handout with the ACE card to help make people feel more comfortable using the card.

ACE brochures:
Not to exceed 50

The Self-Directed Violence Classification System (SDVCS) Nomenclature Clipboard

We are no longer providing the SDVCS Clipboard. The laminate is still available and can be ordered below.

The Self-Directed Violence Classification System (SDVCS) Nomenclature Laminated Tools

The Self-Directed Violence Classification System (SDVCS) Nomenclature laminated sheet contains both the decision tree and the clinical tool grid. On the front is the SDVCS decision-tree to help lead the clinician to the correct self-directed violence term. On the back are the definitions. On a seperate laminated sheet is a handy grid of SDV terms. Being laminated you will never after worry about spilling coffee on this hugely popular tool!

SDVCS Nomenclature Laminated Tools (with decision tree and definitions):
Not to exceed 50

Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient Tool

The Risk Stratification Table is a tool designed to:

1. help providers make determinations regarding suicide risk levels with respect to severity and temporality and to
2. aid in suicide risk management clinical decision making.

Learn more about the Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient Tool

Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient Tool:

Cómo hablar con su hijo sobre un intento de suicidio en su familia:
Guía para familias con niños en edad preescolar, niños en edad escolar y adolescentes - Folleto & DVD

Este es un nuevo folleto a todo color de 24 páginas destinado a proporcionar a los padres / adultos con el apoyo, y también comparten otros recursos que pueden ser útiles para el padre que recupera su familia. La guía no pretende sustituir el consejo profesional de salud mental. De hecho, puede ser mejor usar esto junto con la ayuda profesional si usted o su hijo tiene dificultades con la forma de hablar sobre este tema difícil.

Hablando con la Guía para la Infancia (24 páginas & DVD, a todo color) - Spanish:
Que no exceda de 25

How to Talk to a Child about a Suicide Attempt in Your Family Booklet & DVD- English

This is an all new 24 page full color booklet intended to provide parents/adults with support, and also share other resources that may be helpful for the parent as their family recovers. The guide is not intended to replace professional mental health advice. In fact, it may be best to use this along with professional support if you or your child is struggling with how to talk about this difficult subject.

Talking to Children Guide (24 pages & DVD, full color) - English:
Not to exceed 25

The guides, English and Spanish, for each specific age group can be downloaded for printing on our Educational Products page.

Lastly, there is a new Talking to Kids about a Suicide Attempt in your Family website to accompany the new booklet.

Temporarily OUT OF STOCK!! Gun Cable Lock

Thanks everyone for your interest in these gun locks. We have distributed 40,000 gun locks just this year.

We have ordered more gun locks and we anticipate they will arrive sometime in October 2017. Please go ahead and add them to your order and we will fulfill the part of your order that we can and then send the gun locks when they arrive. Thanks for your understanding.

This is a steel cable gunlock. When in proper use in an unloaded pistol, revolver, shotgun or rifle, the lock prevents the firearm's action from closing. The device meets the requirements of the American Society for Testing and Materials and the California Department of Justice. Each cable gun lock comes with an instructional brochure - updated 4 August 2017.

Please keep your order under 100 (if you are ordering for a special event and need more please note that in the special request section above and we will work with you)

REACH VET Resource Cards

The REACH VET Resource Card features on one side Coping and Symptom Management Apps and on the other various ways to connect with the VA. They are a quick and handy resource for Veterans and easily fit in with caring cards.
Orders limited to 500

Printing Discontinued!! VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG): Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide - Pocket Guide

The guideline describes the critical decision points in the management of Suicidal Risk Behavior (SRB) for suicidal self-directed violent behavior and provides clear and comprehensive evidence-based recommendations incorporating current information and practices for practitioners throughout the DoD and VA Health Care systems. The guideline is intended to improve patient outcomes and local management of patients with SRB.

The VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG): Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide can be downloaded for personal printing.

Temporarily OUT OF STOCK!! Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) - Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

The guideline describes the critical decision points in the management of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and provides clear and comprehensive evidence based recommendations incorporating current information and practices for practitioners throughout the DoD and VA Health Care systems. The guideline is intended to improve patient outcomes and local management of patients with MDD.

The Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) - Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) can be downloaded for free here. We have been told that these guidelines will not be printed again.

Safety Plan Quick Guide for Clinicians

Pocket guide to developing a safety plan, a prioritized written list of coping strategies and sources of support. Safety Plan Quick Guide for Clinicians (created by VHA):
Not to exceed 50

Suicide Risk Assessment Guide

Pocket guide that identifies 4 steps in assessing suicide risk among Veterans. Suicide Risk Assessment Guide (created by VHA):
Not to exceed 50

Crisis Line Wallet Cards

Crisis Line wallet cards:
Not to exceed 50

DVD: Substance Use and Traumatic Brain Injury Risk Reduction and Prevention

This seven-minute program provides information regarding the impact of using drugs and alcohol after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The video guides the viewer through a discussion about how the brain works before and after a brain injury, and then demonstrates how drugs and alcohol can affect persons with a history of TBI using brain animations and short vignettes. This tool was designed to facilitate providers in engaging clients in a dialogue about substance use post-injury and was made possible by funding from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program.
DVD of the video Substance Use and Traumatic Brain Injury Risk Reduction and Prevention:
Not to exceed 5

DVD of the TIP 50: Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment Training

Provides guidelines to help substance abuse treatment counselors work with suicidal adult clients. Covers risk factors and warning signs for suicide, core counselor competencies, clinical vignettes, and information for administrators and clinical supervisors. DVD of the TIP 50: Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment Training (created by the VISN 2 Center for Excellence on Suicide Prevention):
Not to exceed 5

Sesame Street's: When Families Grieve DVD in English and Spanish (created by Sesame Street Workshop)

The When Families Grieve DVD is produced for the large number of children who have had a parent die. Learn more at the Sesame Street website.

Sesame Street's: When Families Grieve DVD in English and Spanish (created by Sesame Street Workshop):
Please limit your order to no more than 25