Smartphone App Enhanced Facilitation Among Veterans in a Mental Health Inpatient Setting (Project HOPE)

Inclusion Criteria:

Those enrolled in the RCT component of this study must be:

* 1\) Veterans aged 18 or older
* 2\) admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit for a recent suicidal crisis
* 3\) medically stable (the patient's medical and psychological fitness \[including aggression\] to provide informed consent will be determined by a member of the patient's treatment team)
* 4\) A score of 3 or greater on the Callahan 6-item cognitive screening.
* 5\) report current suicidal ideation (Scale for Suicidal Ideation \[SSI\]; sum of items 4 and 5 \> 0, referencing the week prior to their hospitalization) as reported during the screening interview
* 6\) no reported use of the VHB within the past 12-months
* 7\) access to a smartphone to download the VHB app

Exclusion Criteria:

Veterans will be found ineligible for the program if:

* 1\) do not understand English
* 2\) are prisoners
* 3\) are unable to provide informed consent
* 4\) have profound psychotic symptoms and/or cognitive deficits that would prevent patients from understanding the content of the intervention and/or assessments
* 5\) to not have access to a smartphone