Reducing Inpatient Suicides (IMAGE)

Veterans Affairs Research Communications

Reducing Inpatient Suicides

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A worker applies a mural in a patient room on an inpatient psychiatric unit at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. In accord with VA's Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist, the facility uses such artwork to avoid conventional picture frames, which could pose a hazard.

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Jeff Bowen

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