Posted on Sep 20, 2016
Devastating Veteran Suicide Numbers: 1 Every 72 Minutes
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The article is right. There is a lot of talk about the high numbers, but you don't see enough action. If you know anyone who is struggling, let them know who to call or where to go.
Veterans Crisis Line
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Text to 838255
Chat https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/ChatTermsOfService.aspx?account=Veterans%20Chat
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Phone Number
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Online Chat
Numberhttp://http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetHelp/LifelineChat.asp
Crisis Text Line
Text “GO” to 741741
Veterans Crisis Line
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Text to 838255
Chat https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/ChatTermsOfService.aspx?account=Veterans%20Chat
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Phone Number
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Online Chat
Numberhttp://http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetHelp/LifelineChat.asp
Crisis Text Line
Text “GO” to 741741
Devastating Veteran Suicide Numbers: 1 Every 72 Minutes
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Posted 8 y ago
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MSgt Lionel (Leo) Rondeau I feel obligated to change up my response. It is not that nobody else will look out for veterans. I believe there are those that certainly try. It is more that nobody feels the responsibility to do so in quite the way we do. That, and the fact that nobody else understands us the way we understand one another.
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MSgt Lionel (Leo) Rondeau
SFC Christopher Perry I agree we have to look out for each other. I've got friends across all branches that I have met while in the service and after I retired. I will be there for each of them in a way my other friends would never understand.
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The numbers are simply staggering. Nobody will watch out for us but each other. Our responsibility to one another never ends! IGY6
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LTC Stephen Kubiszewski
Very true. By the time someone calls 911 or crisis line -- too late they ARE in crisis and WE missed the half of the suicide spectrum. Peer support needs to be in place and active in all our neighborhoods and towns across the nation.
Some how our mil/vets and their partners are trained or experienced to support their own without proper clinical intervention??
Some how our mil/vets and their partners are trained or experienced to support their own without proper clinical intervention??
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SFC Christopher Perry
LTC Stephen Kubiszewski - All we can do is be there for one another. I would say we do a reasonably good job of it, but the numbers don't show that.
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This is something that has been going on for over 10 years... and it is getting worse ... and the BHOs 'Regime is dong little more the Lip service
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