title: Suicide prevention and postvention resources: what psychiatry residencies can learn from the Veteran's Administration experience.
abstract: Suicide risk assessment and coping with the loss of a patient through suicide are two of the more challenging aspects of psychiatry residency. Over the last decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs has focused on a significant effort into the development of a comprehensive suicide prevention. This article aims to describe the initiatives and resources in place at the VHA to help address the issue of suicidal behavior in veterans and how residency programs can use this to enhance teaching of suicide prevention and postvention.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA, mpheister@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Mara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pheister
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kangas
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lehrmann
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kemp
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention