This manual describes a brief clinical intervention, safety planning, that can serve
as a valuable adjunct to risk assessment and may be used with veterans who have
made a suicide attempt, have suicide ideation, have psychiatric disorders that increase
suicide risk, or who are otherwise determined to be at high risk for suicide (cf. Stanley &
Brown, 2008). This manual is intended to be used by VA mental health clinicians,
including suicide prevention coordinators, as well as other VA clinicians who evaluate,
treat, or have contact with patients at risk for suicide in any VA setting.