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Suicide Mortality Review (SMR)

A suicide mortality review team is a group of local multi-disciplinary organizational representatives who come together to discuss risk factors and circumstances surrounding a death by suicide to recommend local prevention strategies. Suicide review is intended to be a “deep dive” of a suicide case, using all available data and information to understand the factors that preceded the death by suicide.
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Purpose

To explore missed opportunities for intervention and enhance a community's ability to respond and prevent future suicide deaths.

Goals

• To improve understanding of how and why a person dies by suicide
• To develop recommendations to improve response to suicide deaths
• Develop prevention initiatives to take action to improve the health and safety of our community.

Objectives

1. Identify and evaluate the prevalence of risk factors for suicides.
2. Promote collaboration between community agencies
3. Educate the public, policy makers, and budget authorities about fatalities involving suicides.
4. Evaluate and report on high risk factors, current practices, gaps in systematic and systemic responses, and barriers to safety and well-being of those considering suicide in your community.
5. Develop and disseminate an annual report describing trends, risk factors, or patterns of suicide deaths, along with recommendations for changes in law, policy, or practice that will prevent future deaths by suicide.

Wisconsin Suicide Mortality Review Team (WSMR)

In 2024, through a partnership with the U.S. and Wisconsin Departments of Veterans Affairs, 91ɫƵ received a grant to extend the work of SMR across the state of Wisconsin.
This effort includes:

  • Creation of a statewide SMR team
  • Providing technical assistance and expanding local county SMRs
  • Focusing on Veteran mental health over the two-year project period (2024-2026).
  • Data collection and analysis
This project is a collaboration of the 91ɫƵ (91ɫƵ), Wisconsin Department of Health Services: Division of Public Health (DHS), Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Locations of Current SMR Teams in Wisconsin

Map of locations of current SMR teams in Wisconsin
Map of current Suicide Mortality Review (SMR) teams across the State of Wisconsin.