During a 15-month period, there were seven suicides among patients who were in active treatment or who had been recently seen by providers in the Department of Psychiatry of Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. As a result, a Suicide Prevention Advisory Group was formed to identify possible causes & make recommendations aimed at improving the identification & treatment of suicidal patients. The group made 11 specific recommendations. No known suicides occurred during the 22 months after the implementation of the Group’s recommendations. (9 refs.) JA