Suicide Prevention — Suicide Prevention Study of VA-BIC in the Veteran Population
Citation(s)
Britton PC, Berrouiguet S, Riblet NB, Zhong BL Editorial: Brief interventions in suicide prevention across the continuum of care. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jul 26;13:976855. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.976855. eCollection 2022. No abstract available.
Cornelius SL, Berry T, Goodrich AJ, Shiner B, Riblet NB The Effect of Meteorological, Pollution, and Geographic Exposures on Death by Suicide: A Scoping Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 23;18(15):7809. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157809.
Riblet NB, Gottlieb DJ, Watts BV, Levis M, Scott R, Shiner B Is It Time for the Mental Health Field to Consider Unplanned Discharge a Key Metric of Patient Safety? J Nerv Ment Dis. 2022 Mar 1;210(3):227-230. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001425.
Riblet NB, Gottlieb DJ, Watts BV, Levis M, Shiner B Irregular hospital discharge from acute inpatient and residential mental health treatment settings in a large integrated healthcare system. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2021 Sep-Oct;72:7-14. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.06.009. Epub 2021 Jun 26.
Riblet NB, Shiner B, Young-Xu Y, Watts BV Lithium in the prevention of suicide in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials. BJPsych Open. 2022 Nov 17;8(6):e199. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.605.
Riblet NB, Soncrant C, Mills P, Yackel EE Analysis of Reported Suicide Safety Events Among Veterans Who Received Treatment Through Department of Veterans Affairs-Contracted Community Care. Mil Med. 2023 Aug 29;188(9-10):e3173-e3181. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usad088.
Riblet NB, Young-Xu Y, Shiner B, Schnurr PP, Watts BV The efficacy and safety of buprenorphine for the treatment of depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 May;161:393-401. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.03.037. Epub 2023 Mar 30.
Riblet NBV, Watts BV Another Reason to Quit Smoking: Results of a Prospective Study Examining Smoking, COPD, and Suicide. Chest. 2023 Feb;163(2):259-261. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.016. No abstract available.
Prevention of Suicide in Veterans Through Brief Intervention and Contact (VA-BIC)
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