A Brief Intervention to Reduce Suicide Risk in Military Service Members and Veterans- Study 1

Completed

Conditions studied: Suicide Risk | Patient

In brief

The investigators propose to evaluate Suicide Assessment and Follow-up Engagement: Veteran Emergency Treatment (SAFE VET) which is currently being implemented in 4 VA ED/Urgent Care Units across the United States (Portland VA Medical Center (VAMC), Denver VAMC, Manhattan VAMC, and Philadelphia VAMC).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01334541

Run by

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

People needed

600

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2018-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Veterans will be enrolled who:
• have received the SAFE VET intervention in VA SAFE VET EDs or treatment-as-usual in E-CARE EDs;
• aged 18 years or older;
• identified as being at risk for suicide based upon presenting complaints and/or the assessment of an ED clinician;
• able to provide 2 contacts with telephone numbers for tracking purposes; and
• able to provide a home/residential/shelter address where the participant resides and either a home, cellular, or other telephone number where the participant can be reached.

You may not qualify if…

• Veterans will not be enrolled if they are:
• unable to read and understand English;
• unable or unwilling to give informed consent as determined either by the referring VA ED clinical staff or research personnel (see Mini Quiz below); and/or
• admitted to the VA inpatient psychiatric unit from the ED.

Where it is running

• Long Beach VAMC — Long Beach, California, United States
• San Diego VAMC — San Diego, California, United States
• Denver VAMC — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Manhattan VAMC — Manhattan, New York, United States
• Bronx VAMC — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Portland VAMC — Portland, Oregon, United States
• Philadelphia VAMC — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Milwaukee VAMC — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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