Officials at the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have produced three public service announcements to help families and friends recognize the signs of potential suicide in veterans and service members. The television announcements have aired since April on the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Network, and are
Read more →You are not alone. There is support. The Department of Defense (DoD) takes the issue of suicide very seriously and is actively working to reduce the number of suicides. DoD has implemented many programs and services to help service members and their families cope with everyday stresses
Read more →By Claudette Roulo American Forces Press Service KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss., Jan. 16, 2013 – The senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today that he can’t succeed at his job without the help of enlisted service members, and
Read more →By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor Service members committed suicide during 2012 at a record pace: more than 349 took their own lives across the four branches, or one every 25 hours, a Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed Monday. The Army sustained the heaviest suicide toll at
Read more →When using the virtual hope box, the Veteran sets up the app with photos of friends and family, sound bites and videos of loved ones. http://www.va.gov/health/NewsFeatures/20121102a.asp
Read more →The Army released suicide data today for the month of September. During September, among active-duty soldiers, there were 15 potential suicides: one has been confirmed as suicide and 14 remain under investigation. For August, the Army reported 16 potential suicides among active-duty soldiers. Since the release of
Read more →ROCHESTER, MN — With sweeping new initiatives from the White House and elsewhere in response to the burgeoning military suicide rate, little guidance has been offered to the clinicians in the trenches who are best positioned to recognize and prevent such drastic actions. To remedy that, two
Read more →The loss of even one life to suicide is unacceptable, and suicides in the military have raised concern across all levels of leadership within the Defense Department. The department actively collaborates with Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE), Veterans Affairs (VA)
Read more →There were 38 suspected suicides among active-duty and reserve soldiers in July, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Army. That figure outpaces the 24 active-duty and reserve suicides the Army reported for the month of June and is the highest monthly number of suicides since
Read more →A few months ago the Pentagon reported an upsurge in suicides among America’s troops, averaging nearly one a day this year – the fastest pace in the nation’s decade of war. The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of 2012 far outdistance the
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