Sec. 304. Update of clinical practice guidelines for assessment and management of patients at risk for suicide
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Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, through the Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide Work Group (in this section referred to as the Work Group ), shall issue an update to the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide. In carrying out the update under subsection (a), the Work Group shall ensure that the clinical practice guidelines updated under such subsection includes the following:
Enhanced guidance with respect to the following: Gender-specific risk factors for suicide and suicidal ideation. Gender-specific treatment efficacy for depression and suicide prevention. Gender-specific pharmacotherapy efficacy. Gender-specific psychotherapy efficacy. Guidance with respect to the following: The efficacy of alternative therapies, other than psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, including the following: Yoga therapy. Meditation therapy. Equine therapy. Other animal therapy.
Training and caring for service dogs. Agri-therapy. Art therapy. Outdoor sports therapy. Music therapy. Any other alternative therapy that the Work Group considers appropriate. Guidance with respect to the findings of the Creating Options for Veterans’ Expedited Recovery Commission (commonly referred to as the COVER Commission ) established under section 931 of the Jason Simcakoski Memorial and Promise Act (title IX of Public Law 114–198 ; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note). Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense from considering all relevant evidence, as appropriate, in updating the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide, as required under subsection (a), or from ensuring that the final clinical practice guidelines updated under such subsection remain applicable to the patient populations of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
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