What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine the delivery and completion rates of suicide safety planning interventions in the Veterans Health Administration.

March 28, 2026

National Implementation of Suicide Safety Planning in the Veterans Health Administration

Key Points

To examine the delivery and completion rates of suicide safety planning interventions in the Veterans Health Administration.
Examination of safety planning intervention (SPI) completion rates
Analysis of delivery across various settings within VHA
Comparison of completion rates among patients with different suicide risk levels.
High completion rates of SPI among veterans
Increased completion rates observed in patients identified at higher suicide risk
Widespread adoption of safety planning within mental health care settings.

Abstract

This study is the first to examine SPI delivery in VHA. Relatively high SPI completion rates and higher completion among patients at greater suicide risk indicate widespread adoption of the intervention, particularly in mental health care settings.

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Khazanov et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c772938bbfbc51511e32f9 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240571

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