title: Addressing the surveillance goal in the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: the Department of Defense Suicide Event Report.
abstract: The US National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (National Strategy) described 11 goals across multiple areas, including suicide surveillance. Consistent with these goals, the Department of Defense (DoD) has engaged aggressively in the area of suicide surveillance.  The DoD's population-based surveillance system, the DoD Suicide Event Report (DoDSER) collects information on suicides and suicide attempts for all branches of the military. Data collected includes suicide event details, treatment history, military and psychosocial history, and psychosocial stressors at the time of the event.  Lessons learned from the DoDSER program are shared to assist other public health professionals working to address the National Strategy objectives.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2), 9933West Hayes Street, JointBase Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA. Gregory.Gahm@us.army.mil
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gahm
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Reger
authors.forename: Julie T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Kinn
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Luxton
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Skopp
authors.forename: Nigel E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Bush
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011634:Public Health; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention