Veterans are committing suicide at a rate 3-7 times of the general population. We need to get on top of this problem.
The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to call about 570,000 recent combat veterans to make them aware of the health services available to them, the agency announced yesterday. A government contractor will handle the $2.7 million effort, which comes after criticism that the VA's claims backlog and bureaucratic hurdles have kept some recent veterans from accessing needed mental and physical health services, the Associated Press reports. The agency was also accused of trying to cover up the number of veterans who commit suicide.
U.S. News's On Men blog provides a list of resources that suicidal veterans can turn to. |
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