The Suicide Contagion: How The Effort To Combat Veterans' Suicide May Be Making It Worse

Thanks for the share PO1 Tony Holland very good read indeed. Pass this around.

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PO1 Tony Holland: The link to my: 'Group for Suicidal Active Duty and for Suicidal Veterans' group is the following:
https//http://www.facebook.com/groupforsuicidalactivedutyandforsuicidalveterans
Please click on the above link to be taken directly to my group.
Margaret C. Higgins U.S. Army Retired: Coach

Excellent article sir, reintegration is key to combating veteran suicide. The article says it best: "“Veteran” is now an identity, replete with its own lingo, aesthetic, folk heroes, and lore. PTSD is viewed as just something veterans have, a souvenir of their service, and suicide is what they do when they can’t take it anymore." The challenge becomes, how to we bridge the gap between veterans and civilians? While they are technically the same thing by definition, the culture shock is definitely there.