Suicide Prevention

2020. The Year of Trauma. A year of events that reads like a sci-fi/horror script.

A societal pandemic in its own right, suicide is incredibly complex.

Any mental health consequence our society is suffering unfortunately affects our military population to a greater degree.

A veteran died on the Fourth of July 2018 after two calls to the suicide hotline went unheeded.

The number of suicides and the suicide rate in 2018 rose just slightly from the previous year, by 36 deaths.

VA officials caution that it's too early to determine what effect hospital shutdowns had on the data.

This Veterans Day, we are particularly mindful of vets dealing with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic,

Another newly passed piece of legislation directs the GAO to assess the effectiveness of mental health services.

The legislation would give the VA leeway to award grants to organizations that focus on veterans' mental health issues.

A study suggests that when it comes to male and female vets, mental health support is far from a one-size-fits-all affair.