A recent bright spot in all of this is the effectiveness of psychedelic medicines in reducing the risk factors for veteran suicide. Does mini dosing psychedelics reduce suicide risk?
What is the relationship between mental illness, military service, and suicide? Does military service make mental illness worse? Does mental illness cause military service to be more likely to result in suicide or…
What someone who has never served will commonly not understand is how stressful events that occurred during active service can stay with a veteran for the rest of their life. This is why…
Considering the large number of risk factors for suicide and the magnitude of the task, is suicide really preventable? The fact of the matter is that in life you will never succeed if…
An insightful article in Health reports on conversations with three suicide survivors. They say that there are 10 things to know in regard to talking about suicide. The point is that it is…
Substance abuse is a major risk factor for suicide among veterans. The abuse of alcohol and other substances increases the risk of suicide. And US military veterans are not only more likely to…
The American Legion in its “Be the One” initiative to combat veteran suicide is making the point that it is OK not to be OK. Seeking help is not weakness but rather an…
Veteran suicide is a terrible problem. More veterans die by their own hand after they return to civilian life than have died in combat over the last two decades. We have written about…