Posted on May 24, 2019

20190521 Military and Veteran Suicide: Understanding the Problem and Preparing for the Future

COL John McClellan

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The House Armed Services Hearing on Military Suicide: On Tuesday, the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel and House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health held a joint hearing on Military and Veteran Suicide. Ranking member Trent Kelly (R-MS) expressed that with approximately 20 veterans who die by suicide each day, “we must take decisive action to disrupt the status quo and reverse this epidemic.” This summer, DOD will be releasing its first annual suicide report to address military suicides and has started leveraging scientific evidence and learned practices to generate an effective initiative to help service members and their families.

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MAJ Ken Landgren

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Two statistics stand out. 60% are older generation vets. 50% do not receive help. I think that is a good starting point.

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COL John McClellan

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I agree Ken. There was considerable time spent on the question of the relationship between suicides and deployments, but almost none on the problem of those that are happening far downstream from their time in military service. Merits more attention.

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