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- Title
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Veterans Coping Long Term With Active Suicide (CLASP) Program.
- Authors
Primack, Jennifer M.; Bozzay, Melanie L.; Gaudiano, Brandon A.; Weinstock, Lauren M.; Armey, Michael F.; Brick, Leslie A.; Holman, Caroline S.; Miller, Ivan W.
- Abstract
Veteran suicide rates remain unacceptably high despite recent initiatives and the surge in new prevention programs. Many suicide prevention interventions are treatment intensive and require significant training and expertise to deliver, and few have been developed and tested specifically for veterans. The Coping Long Term with Active Suicide Program (CLASP) is an adjunctive telephone-based suicide prevention program designed to reduce suicide behaviors after psychiatric hospitalization. CLASP was modified and tested with a veteran sample. One hundred three veterans hospitalized for suicide risk were randomized to CLASP versus Veterans Affairs' treatment as usual and observed for 12 months after hospital discharge. All veterans, regardless of treatment condition, showed a reduction in both suicide behaviors and rehospitalization during a 12-month period. Implications for Veterans Affairs suicide prevention are discussed. [Psychiatr Ann. 2022;52(5):199–207.]
- Subjects
RANDOMIZED controlled trials; SUICIDE; SUICIDE prevention; VETERANS; SUICIDE statistics
- Publication
Psychiatric Annals, 2022, Vol 52, Issue 5, p199
- ISSN
0048-5713
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3928/00485713-20220512-01