National Capital Consortium Psychiatry Residency Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Department of the Army, DCS-G1, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C., 20310, USA.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2022 Jul;24(7):337-344. doi: 10.1007/s11920-022-01341-4. Epub 2022 May 16.
This paper focuses on how mental health professionals working with Army commanders can help them make decisions based on valid population-based metrics. We first summarize the scope of the impact of suicides on the Army. We then describe the process by which decision-making can be optimized.
The currently available tools in the US Army including BH Pulse, Unit Risk Inventory, The Azimuth Check, and the Army Readiness Assessment Program have a role in assisting mental health professionals. The specific advantages of BH Pulse over the other tools are highlighted. The US Army has been committed to enhancing its suicide prevention program through comprehensive policies, procedures, and provisions of resources. Commanders are expected to interact with the suicide prevention programs in their units and maximize the systems in place to prevent suicides and other negative mental health outcomes. Commanders are expected to receive cues and signals from a variety of data sources to assist their decision-making process. We discuss the specific advantages of BH Pulse and recommend its routine use for primary prevention and utilizing this tool after incidents to make data-driven, justifiable decisions. Finally, recommendations are provided on enhancing a unit's suicide prevention program.
目的综述：本文重点介绍了从事心理健康工作的专业人员如何帮助军队指挥官基于有效的人群指标做出决策。我们首先总结了自杀对军队的影响范围。然后，我们描述了优化决策过程的方法。
最近的发现：目前美国陆军可用的工具包括 BH Pulse、单位风险清单、方位检查和陆军准备评估计划，这些工具在协助心理健康专业人员方面发挥了作用。突出了 BH Pulse 相对于其他工具的具体优势。美国陆军一直致力于通过全面的政策、程序和资源规定来加强其预防自杀计划。指挥官们预计将在其部队中与预防自杀计划进行互动，并最大限度地利用现有系统预防自杀和其他负面心理健康结果。指挥官们预计将从各种数据源中获取线索和信号，以协助他们的决策过程。我们讨论了 BH Pulse 的具体优势，并建议将其常规用于初级预防，并在事件发生后利用该工具做出数据驱动、合理的决策。最后，就如何加强部队的预防自杀计划提出了建议。
