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The Federal Guidelines for Suicide Prevention are outlined in the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This strategy is a bold, 10-year, whole-of-society approach aimed at reducing suicide rates and improving mental health outcomes across the country.

Four Strategic Directions

Community-Based Prevention
- Build sustainable partnerships
- Promote upstream prevention
- Reduce access to lethal means
- Support postvention and lived experience voices

Treatment & Crisis Services
- Integrate suicide prevention into health care
- Expand access to crisis services like the 988 Lifeline
Surveillance, Research & Quality Improvement
- Improve data collection and accessibility
- Support evidence-based research and evaluation
Health Equity
- Embed equity into all suicide prevention efforts
- Focus on marginalized and disproportionately affected populations
- Diversify and support the suicide prevention workforce

Link: www.hhs.gov/programs/prevention-and-wellness/mental-health-substance-use-disorder/national-strategy-suicide-prevention/index.html

Instruction (DoDI) 6490.04, Mental Health Evaluations of Members of the Military Services

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/649004p.pdf

DoDI 6490.08, Command Notification Requirements to Dispel Stigma in Providing Mental Health Care to Service Members

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/649008p.pdf

DoDI 6490.10, Continuity of Behavioral Health Care for Transferring and Transitioning Service Members

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/649010p.pdf

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