United States Department of Transportation
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Review of Suicide Intervention Training Programs
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2019-08-19
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Edition:Final report; Jan - Aug 2019
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Abstract:Nearly one-third of all rail-related fatalities in the U.S. result from an intentional act of suicide. Rail carrier-based strategies to prevent these incidents are not well understood, and empirical evidence of the effectiveness of known strategies is currently very limited. One such strategy is suicide intervention training to educate rail staff about how to recognize individuals who may be a near-term risk of suicide and how to intervene. As with other mitigation strategies, empirical evidence of the impact of suicide intervention training remains limited; however, there are a wide variety of best practices and lessons learned from existing programs that may help future training programs. This report documents these best practices and lessons learned, first through a review of several established suicide intervention training programs, and second through a summary of the basics of how such a program may be developed by other carriers. Rail carriers looking to implement a suicide intervention training program will be able to see how other successful efforts were launched, and will find guidance on important decisions they will need to make when launching their own training programs.
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