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Last month a House Veterans Committee panel reviewed and recognized programs from across the country, including national non-profit SoldierStrong's StrongMind program, that are helping to lower suicide rates among Veterans. Check out the article below to read more about SoldierStrong's StrongMind presentation and what other tools are available to combat Veteran suicide. For more information about the StrongMind program and how virtual reality is used to treat PTS, please click here: https://www.soldierstrong.org/strongmind/
Arkansas vets suicide program gets D.C. audience
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I am adamant in stating PTSD on going care should be an can be broken down in phases. The first phase is survival. Give them reasons to live!
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SSgt Richard Kensinger
Many I have seen are convinced that God/Jesus has rejected them, and they will go to hell when they die.
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As a behavioral health clinician and psychology professor, I am quite skeptical of these programs. I have conducted root-cause analyses and psychosocial autopsies like the VAC's do. The combat vets I see present with a host of of morbidity inc. complex PTSD, substance abuse, and compacted grief.I have shared my research findings w/ the local VAC to no avail.
I'll be glad to share 1 of my published articles about suicide prevention " [login to see] ". I also will share my published articles on combat trauma. Be advised that this can be painful reading. In my clinical opinion these are superficial interventions, and our vets deserve much more.
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I'll be glad to share 1 of my published articles about suicide prevention " [login to see] ". I also will share my published articles on combat trauma. Be advised that this can be painful reading. In my clinical opinion these are superficial interventions, and our vets deserve much more.
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SGT Anthony Rossi
Can you recommend a solution to the problem without citing a complete anylisis of the situation. What are some simple things that help.
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SSgt Richard Kensinger
The VAC's need to share their collective data related to their findings from the root-cause analyses and psychosocial autopses, then devise a much more strenuous process of engagement and treatment based of triage, as i was trained to do: urgent, emergent, and non-emergent. I have shared my data w/ the local VAC. It is their responsibility to enact on it. Also, collect data from those who staff the suicide hot lines. If interested I can share m research w/ you " [login to see] "
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