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Report | April 15, 2025

Evaluation of the U.S. Navy’s Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Incidents of Deaths by Suicide, Suicide Attempts, and Suicidal Ideation (Report No. DODIG-2025-085)

Evaluation

We assessed and summarized the Navy’s efforts to prevent and respond to suicide‑related incidents on six specific topics, as required by section 599A of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

In section 599A of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress directed the DoD Inspector General to conduct a review of the Navy’s efforts to prevent and respond to suicide-related incidents for six topics. These s ix topics included t he extent of data collected, means (methods and resources) that commanding officers used, challenges related to prevention and the development of a response to incidents, capacity of mental health service teams, means mental health teams used, and other suicide prevention matters the Inspector General considers appropriate.