"Group (Project Life Force) vs. Individual Suicide Safety Planning RCT"

A novel, 10-session group intervention to enhance currently mandated VA suicide safety planning by involving Veterans who are at high-risk for suicidal. The PLF intervention augments the SSP in a group treatment with skills training, and psychoeducation, to maximize use and effectiveness of the plan. Overall, PLF aims to enhance suicide coping skills, safety planning and connection to others. The primary purpose is to enhance the safety plan with skills training in emotion regulation, building of support and distress tolerance, and enable even acutely-suicidal Veterans to be able to implement the steps of the safety plan.

The comparison condition will be an assessment-only treatment-as-usual (TAU). Participants in the TAU condition will receive safety planning and specified clinical support, as mandated by their high-risk status.