The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will appoint a planning committee to organize an open, two-day virtual workshop to gain a better understanding of social determinants influencing the recent increase in suicide risk and how currently available practice guidelines can inform community-level preventive interventions, particularly those targeting veteran populations. The workshop will address: (1) the relevant social, cultural, and economic factors driving changes in suicide risk among veterans and (2) ways that current best practices for suicide prevention and treatment can be applied at the community level.

A rapporteur will prepare a proceedings to summarize the discussion at the workshop and be reviewed in accordance of institutional guidelines.