The suicide rate among 18- to 29-year-old men who've left the military has gone up significantly, the government said Monday.
The rate for these veterans went up 26 percent from 2005 to 2007, according to preliminary data from the Veterans Affairs Department. It's assumed that most of the veterans in this age group served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
If there is a bright spot in the data, it's that in 2007 veterans in the group who used VA health care were less likely to commit suicide than those who did not. That's a change from 2005.
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At a conference on Monday in Washington dedicated to addressing the issue, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said his agency needs to do a better job understanding what led to each suicide. He said he'd also like to see more stringent protocol put into place at VA facilities about how to handle a potentially suicide veteran, similar to what's done with someone who's having a heart attack....>>>>>
Conference Web site: The 2010 DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference: Building Strong and Resilient Communities
Date: 10 - 14 January, 2010
Details: Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury and the Department of Veterans Affairs present the 2010 DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference.
The purpose of the 2010 DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference is to: >>>>>
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