Inclusion Criteria:  Eligible for VHA care Currently hospitalized due to suicide risk Willing to be randomized and participate in either of the two conditions  Exclusion Criteria:  Inability to provide informed consent (operationalized as inability to answer 7 questions about the study and research participants' rights) Inability to complete study measures or participate in treatment [based on referring clinician and study staff's judgment (e.g., due to lack of time, significant acute intoxication/withdrawal symptoms, mania, psychosis, aggression, catatonia, cognitive impairment)] Participation in another interventional research study Membership in vulnerable population (e.g., prisoner, pregnant woman)