Quality of Lethal Means Counseling Documentation in the Veterans Health Administration
In this study examining documentation quality of a sample of LMC action plans across a health care system, the average score for quality was low. Findings indicate clinician awareness of firearm risks but less discussion about other lethal means. Future work should develop training and implementation strategies to improve LMC action plan documentation.
Authors
- Matthew W. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0652-4190)
- Gabriela Kattan Khazanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5506-400X)
- Marianne Goodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-9527)
- Kelly L. Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4207-0173)
- Christopher Brent Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-6067)
- Joseph Simonetti
- Lauren R. DiPaolo
- Gillian Geffen
Institutions
- Yeshiva University (US)
- James J. Peters VA Medical Center (US)
- Philadelphia VA Medical Center (US)
- Rocky Mountain MS Center (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2026-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20250200
- Primary Topic
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00