Did you know The VA only takes into their accounting of suicides statistics, if or when "numbers exceed 20" and they are ranked by service?

Did you know The VA only takes into their accounting of suicides statistics, if or when "numbers exceed 20" and they are ranked by service?

The reason this suicide was unlike any other suicide to date, is because it happened on the VA grounds with Veteran intent of doing himself harm.

#Veteran Suicide Express
by Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/veteran-suicide-express-kimberly-bolen-rn-lcm-acm-ccm?trk=pulse-det-nav_art

The VA is struggling to hire mental health practitioners, all across the board; including but not limited to Nurses and Social workers

It is Very True that many Veterans are slipping through the cracks, but it is all across America.