退伍军人事务卫生系统中关于危机干预服务的全国性环境扫描

Background Suicide loss impacts up to six million Americans annually and is associated with increased suicidal ideation and mental health conditions among survivors. Postvention is an innovative public health intervention for suicide prevention that provides organized support services to loss survivors. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare facilities have developed local postvention services that may serve as blueprints for healthcare settings at large. The structure, breadth, and types of services provided at these facilities, however, have never been assessed or described. Met