Special Considerations in Veteran Suicide Prevention: End-of-Life Webinar

This presentation describes the important role of palliative and hospice care in suicide prevention. The Home Based Primary Care Suicide Prevention Toolkit Special Considerations Training Module on Suicide Prevention and End of Life is reviewed and assessment and treatment approaches that can result in decreased thoughts of death/suicide in an end of life population is discussed. A case presentation demonstrating the use of an acceptance-based intervention for managing chronic suicidal ideation at end of life is also be shared.