Face the Fight Training Portal

Face The Fight™: Basics of Veteran Suicide Prevention

Armored up with knowledge, the Basics of Veteran Suicide Prevention course provides an empowering starting point for individuals to become compassionate and skilled advocates in the battle against Veteran suicide.

Coaching a Loved One Into Care

At times, it can be difficult to talk to a Veteran about seeking help. This course equips caregivers with tools to identify potential struggles, and better understand problems with traditional approaches like ultimatums and forceful discussions.

Choosing Your Words

Communication is an essential skill for all caregivers. The goal of this course is to help caregivers become aware of their own needs and challenges as well as provide them with the tools and skills to effectively communicate those needs.

Helping Others Hold On

Compared to the civilian population, suicide rates among the military and Veterans is very high. This series of lessons help to give tools and tips to recognize, understand, and combat suicidal feelings in Veterans.

Invisible Wounds at Home: Depression

This course is designed to educate family members and caregivers about depression. It describes the symptoms of depression, facts and myths about depression, and how depression presents itself in the home.

Suicide In Military Members & Veterans

Dr. Craig Bryan of the University of Utah National Center for Veterans Studies provides an overview of military suicide statistics and explains unique factors that may be related to increased rates in military suicide.

Am I a Caregiver?

The United States is home to more than 5.5 million military caregivers. This course provides five questions that can help anyone identify if they are a caregiver to a service member or Veteran.

Barriers to Treatment

In this course, Dr. Shauna Springer discusses how differences in military culture affect mental health and explains how to help military or Veteran patients overcome barriers to seeking treatment.

Postvention: Healing After Suicide

Postvention is a term unfamiliar to many people, yet it is a critical component of suicide prevention. This course, narrated by Dr. Shauna Springer, explains postvention, what it is and why it is important.

Brain Health & Wellness Learning Series - Suicide Prevention

Suicide is a global public health problem with devastating effects. This series removes the stigma often attached to suicide and casts a light on the unique risks and cultural factors that contribute to suicide in the Veteran population.

Finding Stability After Suicide Loss

“Finding Stability After Suicide Loss” explains that suicide loss survivors often find it hard to reach out for help, and the people in their lives are often unsure how to help.

Grief and Trauma

In “Grief and Trauma,” Dr. Shauna Springer explains that grief and trauma are different challenges — and that they require different healing strategies.

Columbia Scale for Communities

To create an open, honest discussion about mental health, and to actively prevent more of your brothers and sisters who have served from dying by suicide, military members and Veterans should use the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS).

Columbia Scale for Military and Veterans

To create an open, honest discussion about mental health, and to actively prevent more of your brothers and sisters who have served from dying by suicide, military members and Veterans should use the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS).

Columbia Scale for Caregivers and Spouses

To create an open, honest discussion about mental health, and to actively prevent more Veterans,and your loved ones, from dying by suicide, caregivers and spouses should use the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, or C-SSRS.

Columbia Scale for Healthcare Providers

Talking to a service member or Veteran about suicide -- and asking the right questions -- are the first steps in saving a life. To create an open, honest discussion about mental health healthcare providers should use the C-SSRS

Connecting with the VA

Connecting with the VA is intended for healthcare providers and is narrated by Dr. Abigail C. Angkaw, a member of the PTSD Consultation Program within the VA’s National Center for PTSD.

Unit Stabilization After Suicide Loss

In this course, “Unit Stabilization After Suicide Loss,” Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors VP and suicide survivor Kim Ruocco shares how the TAPS Postvention Model of Support can be applied to advising military leaders following suicide loss.

Treating Grief in the Veteran Population

Join Dr. Shauna Springer representing the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) as she discusses how the TAPS’ Suicide Postvention Model helped suicide loss survivor and Marine Corps Veteran Dana O’Brien address his grief.

Posttraumatic Growth After Loss

Join Dr. Shauna Springer representing TAPS as she discusses how the TAPS’ Suicide Postvention Model’s third phase, posttraumatic growth, has affected one particular survivor.

Crisis Response Plan for Healthcare Providers: Intervention

This course introduces the theory behind the Crisis Response Plan, and explains the importance of narrative-based assessment of predisposition, risk factors and protective factors in your clinical interactions with patients.

Crisis Response Plan for Healthcare Providers: Introduction and Assessment

This course introduces the theory behind the Crisis Response Plan, and explains the importance of narrative-based assessment of predisposition, risk factors and protective factors in your clinical interactions with patients.

How to Use the Crisis Response Plan: An Introductory Course for People Who Support Veterans

In this course, Dr. Craig Bryan discusses the details of the Crisis Response Plan. He then goes through the five sections of the Crisis Response Plan and details the questions to ask in order to help our loved ones.

What Is the Crisis Response Plan: An Introductory Course for People Who Support Veterans

Those who have served, as well as their families, are at a greater risk of suicide than people without military experience. Join Dr. Craig Bryan for an overview of the Crisis Response Plan and how it has helped Veterans and others who are at risk.

Invisible Wounds at Home: TBI

This course introduces learners to the invisible wound known as TBI, or Traumatic Brain Injury. This invisible wound is often called the ‘signature wound from the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan’ and can be more than a concussion.

Invisible Wounds At Home: Substance Use Disorder

Invisible Wounds At Home: PTSD

15 Things Military Caregivers Want You To Know

This course was created to educate anyone who works with, lives with, or knows someone who is a caregiver of a military Veteran. This course was designed to open a window into the lives and culture of our military caregivers.

Communicating With Veterans

This course discusses how to communicate effectively with Veterans using communication tools, such as open-ended questions, affirmations, and reflections.

Firearms & Suicide in the Military-Connected Community: 5 Things Medical Professionals Need to Know

In this short, engaging course, Dr. Ted Bonar and Dr. Heidi Kraft discuss the importance of including conversations about lethal means accessibility – specifically firearms – during safety planning in all types of clinical encounters.

Suicide Prevention and the Secure Storage of Firearms: Conversations for Everyone

This course provides critical information for members of every community about the safe storage of firearms. When people are in crisis, honest conversations about accessibility to lethal means for suicide are vitally important.

Respite at Home: Time to Take 5

Military youth are known for their resilience, but in challenging times it's easy for the stress to build up. This course offers tips for helping military kids communicate confidently and find activities that leave them feeling re-energized!

Opioid Use: Prevention in the Military-Connected Community

Opioid use disorder, or OUD, is a diagnosis made when opioid use causes tolerance, withdrawal, and other problems in the life of a military-connected person. This course will provide an overview of the symptoms and treatments for opioid use disorder.

Understanding the VA for Caregivers

This course helps caregivers navigate and better utilize the services of the VA – the largest integrated healthcare system in the country. The content for this course was developed collaboratively with a working group of various VA Departments.

Connecting with the Veteran In Your Life

This course provides information to help caregivers understand and address a lack of connection with the Veteran in their life. The new course incorporates a strengths-based approach to connections between a caregiver and a Veteran.

Women Veterans Series

This series explores the history, triumphs, and unique challenges of women in uniform throughout history while highlighting the valuable service of the fastest-growing group of Veterans.

Respite for Military & Veteran Caregivers

Respite is an essential part of maintaining balance and wellness throughout your caregiver journey. In this course, we will discuss the types of respite, formal and informal respite resources, and how to customize respite to fit your needs.

The Basics of Military Culture

Want to learn more about the US military and Veteran population? Here’s where you start. Our new Military Culture course series takes a deeper dive into four defining aspects of daily life in the military: Service, Values, People, and Transition.

Peer Leader Training Series

This 10-part series is powered by PsychArmor, in partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project, and will explore the role of Peer Leaders in supporting their fellow Veterans.

VA S.A.V.E.

By taking this course you will develop a general understanding of the problem of suicide in the United States; understand how to identify a Veteran who may be at risk for suicide; and, finally, know what to do if you identify a Veteran at risk.

15 Things Military and Veteran Kids Want You to Know

This short, on-demand video brings the voices of military-connected youth to life, and allows us to take important steps toward cultural humility when interacting with these resilient and amazing kids.

15 Things Veterans Want You to Know for Healthcare Providers

This course was created to educate Healthcare Providers who care for our military Veterans. PsychArmor asked hundreds of Veterans what they wanted civilians, employers, educators, health care providers, and therapists to know about them.

15 Things Veterans Want You to Know

PsychArmor asked hundreds of Veterans what they wanted civilians, employers, educators, health care providers, and therapists to know about them. These comments were used to create the topics of this course.