OPNAVINST 1720.4A SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM

Question 1

Training, Intervention, Response, along with what else make up the four elements of the Navy’s suicide prevention program?

Answer 1

Reporting

Question 2

At least how often will suicide prevention training be conducted for all Active Component (AC) and
Reserve Component (RC) Service members and for all Navy civilian employees and full-time contractors
who work on military installations?

Answer 2

Annually

Question 3

MILPERSMAN 1770 along with which series contains guidance for reporting suicides and suicide-
related behaviors?

Answer 3

OPNAVINST 3100.6

Question 4

What is a self-inflicted death that has evidence (either implicit or explicit) of the intent to die?

Answer 4

Suicide

Question 5

Within how many days of notification of death shall commands complete the Department of Defense Suicide Event Report (DoDSER) to report suicide instances and undetermined deaths for which suicide has not been excluded by the medical examiner?

Answer 5

60

Question 6

How many weeks after a member’s suicide are commands advised to maintain copies of medical, dental
and service records in order to complete the DoDSER and respond to unforeseen questions?

Answer 6

6-8

Question 7

What is a self-inflicted potentially injurious behavior with a non-fatal outcome that may or may not
result in injury and for which there is evidence (either implicit or explicit) of intent to die?

Answer 7

Suicide attempt

Question 8

Within how many days of medical evaluation must a DoDSER be completed for all suicide attempts by
AC and RC Service members, as determined by competent medical authority?

Answer 8

30

Question 9

Who aids the CO in ensuring that the suicide prevention program is fully implemented?

Answer 9

SPC

Question 10

Who is responsible for establishing a suicide prevention program policy?

Answer 10

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education) (CNO (N1))

Question 11

Who develops the procedures and policy that ensure service members are properly evaluated and treated that exhibit suicide-related ideations, communications or behaviors?

Answer 11

Chief, BUMED

Question 12

Who develops the written procedures to ensure that chaplains/religious program specialists execute their suicide prevention program responsibilities throughout the Navy?

Answer 12

OPNAV, Chief of Chaplains (N097)

Question 13

Who ensures that installation emergency response personnel receive annual training, which reviews safety precautions and procedures and de-escalation techniques, when responding to situations of potential suicide-related behaviors and psychiatric emergencies?

Answer 13

Commander, Navy Installations Command

Question 14

The Commander, Naval Education and Training Command shall include rate specific suicide intervention training at “A” schools and “C” schools for hospital corpsman, religious program specialists and which other rate?

Answer 14

Master-at-arms

Question 15

What should the minimum rank of the SPC be whenever it is possible?

Answer 15

E-7

Question 16

How often should Commanding Officers ensure that suicide prevention training is conducted for all command personnel?

Answer 16

Annually

Question 17

What are any self-reported thoughts of engaging in suicide-related behaviors defined as?

Answer 17

Suicide-Related Ideations

Question 18

What is any interpersonal action, verbal or nonverbal, without a direct self-injurious component, passive or active, for which there is evidence (either explicit or implicit) that the person is communicating that asuicide-related behavior might occur in the near future?

Answer 18

Suicide Threat

Question 19

What is a proposed method of carrying out a design that can potentially result in suicide-related behaviors?

Answer 19

Suicide Plan

Question 20

What is a self-inflicted potentially injurious behavior called for which there is evidence (either explicit or implicit) that the person did not intend to kill themselves (i.e., had no intent to die)?

Answer 20

Self-harm