Group-Based Suicide Safety Planning and Skills Training for Veterans With High Suicide Risk

Does Project Life Force (PLF), a manualized suicide safety planning group intervention augmented with skills training, reduce suicidal behavior among veterans at high risk for suicide over 12 months?In this randomized clinical trial of 207 veterans at high risk for suicide, no difference was found in time to first suicidal behavior between participants in the PLF arm compared with those in the treatment as usual (TAU) arm. However, PLF participants demonstrated a significantly lower number of actual attempts and improved suicide-related coping than TAU participants.These findings suggest that PLF may lower suicide risk among veterans at high risk for suicide.

Corresponding Author: Marianne Goodman, MD, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 W Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY 10468 (Marianne.goodman@va.gov).

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