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The Army Training System - AskTOP

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Chapter Three – <strong>The</strong> <strong>Army</strong> Suicide Prevention Model“Knowing is not enough, we must apply.Willing is not enough, we must do.”GoetheINDIVIDUALREADINESS<strong>The</strong> <strong>Army</strong> SuicidePrevention ModelNormal LifeStressororDisorderAwareness<strong>Training</strong>VigilanceReferralPREVENT- Identifying “High Risk” Individuals- Caring and Proactive Leaders- Encouraging Help Seeking Behavior- Positive Life Coping SkillsLifeCrisisINTERVENE- Suicide Awareness and Vigilance- Integrated & Synchronized Unit andCommunity-wide support Agencies- Assured Problem ResolutionContinuityOfOutpatient CareInpatient CareSuicidalIdeationSECURE- Safeguard- Psychiatric Treatment- Psychiatric AssessmentFIGURE 3CareFollow on CareSuicideBehaviors3-1. General OverviewPostvention<strong>The</strong> <strong>Army</strong> Suicide Prevention Model focuses on maintaining theindividual readiness of the soldier and civilian. Occasionally, throughnormal life experiences, a person enters a path that if followed, and withoutinterruption or intervention, could allow a normal life stressor or mental disorderto become a life crisis, which might lead to thoughts of suicide and eventuallysuicidal behavior and possible injury or death. Parallel to the suicidal path is a “safety net” thatrepresents the <strong>Army</strong>’s continuity of care. As theDEATHSH-2-16

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