Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention

Bagalman, Erin

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Veterans';    hospitals;    Medicine;    Veterans;    suicide prevention;   

RP-ID  :  R42340
RP-ID  :  R42340_2015Jan30

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report focuses on suicide prevention activities of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VHA's approach to suicide prevention is based on a public health framework, which has three major components: (1) surveillance, (2) risk and protective factors, and (3) interventions.