Posted on Dec 19, 2018

Most Veterans Who Kill Themselves Are 55 Or Older. The VA Is Trying to Learn Why.

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Veterans are about twice as likely as non-veterans to die by suicide. But the majority of those suicides are among veterans aged 55 or older -- whose military service was decades earlier.

Most Veterans Who Kill Themselves Are 55 Or Older. The VA Is Trying to Learn Why.

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel These older veterans that commit suicide have kept their feelings bottled up until they can no longer do so.

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Most Veterans Who Kill Themselves Are 55 Or Older. The VA Is Trying to Learn Why.

Most Veterans Who Kill Themselves Are 55 Or Older. The VA Is Trying to Learn Why.

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