Here’s a listing of some of the scars from serving our country that many Veterans face: Adjustment difficulties Crying, stress, panic, loneliness Problem-solving, decision making, memory ...
Posts by Category: Suicide among Military and Veterans
Duty-related trauma
They work at the edge of life and death, firefighters along with others exposed to traumatic stress, among them soldiers and military veterans, paramedics and police officers. And if they are ...
Call to action
What can crisis interventionists and other civilians involved in suicide prevention do to better understand and assist veterans and their families? First, they can ask if military service ...
Stressors can overwhelm
After the terrorist events of Sept. 11, 2001, Americans can perhaps better grasp the lingering mental effects of feeling under siege, of having personal safety threatened by fear-provoking ...
Partner to ease pain
She’s an accountant by training, but Tara Barton was called on in February 2004 to reach someone who was acutely suicidal. The person in crisis was the wife of a member of the New Mexico National ...
High cost of service
Some reflections from those who lost loved ones who served in the military to suicide: THE FRIEND: Thomas Cook, 35 “I believe he never left Vietnam in his head because he always talked ...
Battle Wounds
Battle Wounds Sleeping with a loaded weapon. Being surrounded by unpredictable rocket, mortar and sniper attacks. Not knowing who the enemy is. Gathering body parts after a fellow soldier steps ...
Not all vets tap VA services
Those working in suicide prevention in the civilian sector shouldn’t assume that the mental health needs of soldiers and veterans are being fully met by the Department of Defense or the ...