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Adopting a Peer-to-Peer Approach to Trainee Suicide Prevention

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to acknowledge the AFSP Oregon chapter for their technical and materials support; Brandon Roth, PVARF Summer Fellow, for his assistance with the data analysis; and Alyssa Hjelvik for her assistance with editing.

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Dr. Chen completed this work while funded under a VA HSR&D Career Development Award (CDA 18-185; 1IK2HX002787-01). This material is the result of work supported with resources and the use of facilities at the VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR.

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  1. Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR, USA

    Alyssa Eldridge, Jason Chen, Megan Furnari & Whitney E. Black

  2. VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, USA

    Jason Chen

  3. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), Oregon Chapter, Oregon City, OR, USA

    Kristy Makowichuk

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Eldridge, A., Chen, J., Furnari, M. et al. Adopting a Peer-to-Peer Approach to Trainee Suicide Prevention. Acad Psychiatry 45, 306–307 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01284-z

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