Augmenting Suicide Prevention Interventions for Service Members (ASPIS)

Objective:
In this grant, a suicide research center located at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center leads a team of researchers on projects examining interventions to prevent suicide among service members.  The GVRC will lead one such project, leveraging Project Safe Guard, a lethal means counseling intervention first tested by the GVRC (Anestis et al., 2021; American Journal of Public Health).  This project will test whether Project Safe Guard increases safe firearm storage among service members more effectively when paired with an online intervention focused on helping service members be more tolerant of uncertainty.

Funded By:
Department of the Army – United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity

Project Status:
In progress

Principal Investigator (PI):
Craig Bryan, PsyD, ABPP

Co-Investigator:
Michael Anestis, PhD

Amount Awarded:
$8,685,072