Early data shows 37% suicide decrease in units with holistic health

Very interesting. Glad they're getting good results.

Looks very promising!

LTC Eugene Chu
..."The more than one-third decrease in suicides among H2F-enabled brigades was coupled with a more than one-third increase in suicides among brigades in the sample that did not have the program.

Researchers used 2019 figures in all categories as a baseline for both groups of brigades and measured rates over a three-year period, which ran from 2019 to 2022.

Units with H2F also saw levels of those incidents drop below pre-COVID-19 levels while non-H2F units have experienced rates that continue to increase past pre-pandemic levels, according to Army data.

Army Times previously reported that active duty Army suicide numbers have hovered between 108 to 175 annually between 2016 and 2021, when the most complete data was available. Officials reported the lowest figure in 2017 and the highest in 2021 for that period.

Positive indicators also increased, including marksmanship and fitness test scores and a propensity among soldiers to seek assistance for health changes.

If similar improvement rates in injuries, behavioral health and other medical conditions were applied across the Army, the readiness and cost savings would be significant.

“It would give (U.S. Army Forces Command) a 90% deployable force,” Thompson told the audience.

If the service could replicate the Army Combat Fitness Test pass rates shown in the H2F brigades across all 110 brigades that are expected to have H2F by 2030 that would translate into an entire division, or 15,000 soldiers, passing the test on the first try, he said."...