Health Coaching to Enhance Psychological Well-being Among Veterans with Suicidal Ideation: a Pilot Study

Lauren M Denneson^{1

2}, Amira Y Trevino^{3

4}, Emily A Kenyon³, Sarah S Ono^{3

5}, Paul N Pfeiffer^{6

7}, Steven K Dobscha^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd (R&D 66), Portland, OR, 97239, USA. Lauren.Denneson@va.gov.
² Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. Lauren.Denneson@va.gov.
³ Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd (R&D 66), Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁷ VA Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Lauren M Denneson et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;34(2):192-194.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4677-2.

Lauren M Denneson^{1

2}, Amira Y Trevino^{3

4}, Emily A Kenyon³, Sarah S Ono^{3

5}, Paul N Pfeiffer^{6

7}, Steven K Dobscha^{3

4}

¹ Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd (R&D 66), Portland, OR, 97239, USA. Lauren.Denneson@va.gov.
² Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. Lauren.Denneson@va.gov.
³ Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd (R&D 66), Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁷ VA Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: patient-centered care; primary health care; self-care; suicide; veterans.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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