ArticleThe Psychiatric quarterly2023
Implementing Peer Specialists in Suicide Prevention Efforts in the Veterans Health Administration.
Article in The Psychiatric quarterly, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04222673 (Evaluating the Use of Peer Specialists to Support Suicide Prevention), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Evaluating the Use of Peer Specialists to Support Suicide Prevention
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Feasibility of implementing collaborative decision skills training among veterans with psychosis: a qualitative study guided by the practical, robust implementation and sustainability model.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- A Recovery-Oriented Suicide Prevention Program Led by Peer Specialists for Veterans With Serious Mental Illness: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Peer specialists and mental health nurses who work with patients who are suicidal: A comparative interview study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe Veterans Health Administration (VHA) recognizes peer support as an underused intervention in suicide prevention. PREVAIL is a peer-based suicide prevention intervention that was designed and piloted with non-veteran patients recently hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or behaviors. The purpose of this study was to elicit veteran and stakeholder feedback to inform the adaptation of PREVAIL for piloting with veterans flagged for high suicide risk.
methodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with multiple stakeholders from a VHA medical center in the northeast. Interviews focused on the perceived benefits and concerns of peer specialists directly addressing suicide risk with veterans. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using rapid qualitative analysis.
resultsInterviewees included clinical directors (n = 3), suicide prevention coordinators (n = 1), outpatient psychologists (n = 2), peer specialists (n = 1), and high-risk veterans (n = 2). Overall, peer specialists were viewed as possessing many distinct strengths in engaging and helping high-risk veterans as part of a team approach. Concerns included liability, adequate training, clinical supervision and support, and self-care for peer specialists.
conclusionsFindings indicated support and confidence that peer support specialists would be a valuable addition and could help fill existing gap in VHA's suicide prevention efforts.
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