The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Suicide Hotline
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-01-13
Total Pages: 70
ISBN-13: 9781983801549
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs suicide hotline : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, September 16, 2008.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
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Published: 2009
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ramya Sundararaman
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 16
ISBN-13: 1437939651
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Numerous news stories have documented suicides among servicemembers and vets returning from Iraqi and Afghanistan. The VA has carried out a number of suicide prevention initiatives, incl.: establishing a national suicide prevention hotline for vets, conducting awareness events at VA med. centers, and screening and assessing vets for suicide risk. Contents of this report: Intro.; Data Systems for Tracking Suicide; Suicide in the U.S. General Pop¿n.: Incidence of Suicide; Risk and Protective Factors; Suicide Among Vets: Incidence of Suicide; Risk and Protective Factors; Effects of PTSD, TBI, and Depression on Suicide Risk; VA¿s Suicide Prevention Efforts: Mental Health; Strategic Plan; Suicide Awareness; Screening; Suicide Prevention Hotline. Table.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2018-03-29
Total Pages: 467
ISBN-13: 0309466601
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2002-10-01
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 0309169437
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Every year, about 30,000 people die by suicide in the U.S., and some 650,000 receive emergency treatment after a suicide attempt. Often, those most at risk are the least able to access professional help. Reducing Suicide provides a blueprint for addressing this tragic and costly problem: how we can build an appropriate infrastructure, conduct needed research, and improve our ability to recognize suicide risk and effectively intervene. Rich in data, the book also strikes an intensely personal chord, featuring compelling quotes about people's experience with suicide. The book explores the factors that raise a person's risk of suicide: psychological and biological factors including substance abuse, the link between childhood trauma and later suicide, and the impact of family life, economic status, religion, and other social and cultural conditions. The authors review the effectiveness of existing interventions, including mental health practitioners' ability to assess suicide risk among patients. They present lessons learned from the Air Force suicide prevention program and other prevention initiatives. And they identify barriers to effective research and treatment. This new volume will be of special interest to policy makers, administrators, researchers, practitioners, and journalists working in the field of mental health.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Bruce Michael Bongar
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0199873615
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For the past decade, suicidal behavior in military and veteran populations has been a constant feature in the news and in the media, with suicide rates among active duty American military personnel reaching their highest level in almost three decades. Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide reviews the most advanced scientific understanding of the phenomenon of active duty and veteran suicide, while providing a useful, hands-on clinical guide for those working with this population. This comprehensive Handbook covers all relevant topics and current research in suicide in military and veteran populations, including links between suicide and PTSD, the stigma of mental health treatment in the military, screening for firearms access in military and veteran populations, "subintentioned" suicide (e.g. reckless driving and other such "accidental" deaths), women in combat, and working with families. Chapters also cover suicide risk assessment, ethical issues in treating suicidal patients, evidence-based treatments for PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and managing suicide in older veterans. Significant issues that may arise in assessing and treating military and veteran populations who are at risk for suicide are presented and discussed with evidence-based and practical recommendations. This Handbook will benefit researchers, policy makers, and clinicians who work with active duty military and veteran populations.