Motivational Interviewing to Address Suicidal Ideation for Veterans at High Risk for Suicide

Inclusion Criteria: * Veteran status, * admitted to an inpatient unit, referred by a suicide prevention coordinator, or identified as high-risk via data extraction, * age 18 and over, * English speaking and reading, and * ability to understand the study and provide informed consent, * high-risk status confirmed by suicide attempt within a month on the Columbia- Suicide Severity Rating Scale or a score \> 5 on the Scale for Suicidal Ideation Exclusion Criteria: * current psychosis, * active mania, * dementia, * impaired decision making capacity, and * institutionalization due to hospitalization in a non-VA facility, jail, or prison.