Veteran Suicide

Memorial Day, War, and the Dead We Ignore

Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D. | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Memorial Day, Veteran Suicide, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans, Religion News

The psychological and emotional effects of combat are often referred to as the "hidden wounds of war." But given veteran rates of homelessness, unemployment, divorce, depression, incarceration, and suicide, how can such wounds really be invisible or hard to detect?

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National Abandonment

Wendy Strgar | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Military, Abandonment, War, Veterans Suicide, Veteran Suicide, Stress Veterans, PTSD Veterans, Ptsd, Ptsd War Veterans, Healthy Living News

Worldwide, the question of how we care for each other, how a society sustains itself, is being examined. But nowhere is this abandonment being more acutely felt than among returning veterans and their families.

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Soldier In Trouble For Attempted Suicide

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Fort Carson, Video, Veterans PTSD, Fort Carson Suicide Attempt, Veteran Suicide, Soldier Suicides, Suicide Attempt, Ptsd, Joshua Bradley, Veterans, Denver News

A Fort Carson soldier is facing charges from the district attorney's office after shooting his wife in the leg during a suicide attempt. Joshua Bra...

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The Shocking Reality Of Veteran Suicides

The New York Times | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Afghanistan, Veteran Suicide, Suicide, Iraq, Veterans, Afghanistan War, World News

HERE’S a window into a tragedy within the American military: For every soldier killed on the battlefield this year, about 25 veterans are dying by t...

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Cancer of the Spirit

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Suicide, Iraq War, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans PTSD, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Iraq PTSD, Afghanistan Veterans, Veteran Suicide, Iraq War Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Ptsd, Politics News

The extraordinary documentary On the Bridge bares the deep psychic wounds of America's returning vets.

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Single Mom Who Worked 3 Jobs Donates $25,000 In Memory Of Veteran Son Who Killed Himself

The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Video, Afghanistan War Veteran, Veteran Suicide, Michael Lovely, Crossing Educational Center, Elkhart, Rob Staley, Veterans, Afghanistan War, Impact News

After returning from Afghanistan, a Tennessee man who loved to cut down trees and work on trucks lost his zest for life. Michael Lovely committed suic...

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A Rainy Day in D.C., Marching to Close Guantanamo

Coleen Rowley | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Veterans PTSD, Veteran Suicide, Obama Guantanamo, Iraq War Veterans, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, War-on-Iran, Iran, Close Gitmo, Robert Delahunty, John Yoo, John Yoo Memo, Torture, d.c. March Guantanamo, National Defense Authorization Act, Video, DC News

It's now 10 years after the indefinite detention prison of Guantanamo was created. With the recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act broadening, the U.S. government seems to have given up on ever righting itself.

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1-855-VET-TALK Goes National

AP | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: National Guard, Video, Piscataway, New Jersey, Veteran Suicide, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Veteran Hotline, Veteran Crisis Hotline, Frank Lautenberg, Veterans, Impact News

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- A veteran-to-veteran help line established six years ago in New Jersey to provide crisis counseling and prevent suicides among the...

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Are We Losing The Battle Against Veteran Suicide?

The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Video, Veterans Affairs, Veteran Suicide, Nancy Berglass, Center for a New American Security, Dr. Margaret C. Harrell, Military Suicide, Veterans, Impact News

With insufficient attention and systems in place, it may be that we're losing the battle against military suicide, a new study suggests. Military s...

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Giving Back to America's Soldiers: Let's Make Veterans Day a National Day of Service

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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To honor the sacrifice and service of the men and women of America's armed services, HuffPost Impact is launching Salute to Service -- for veterans who have committed their time, energy, and effort to serving their fellow soldiers. READ MORE Introducing HuffPost Divorce I've always thought that, as a country, we do a lousy job of addressing how we can do divorce differently -- and better. Especially when there are children involved. That's why I'm so excited about the launch of HuffPost Divorce. READ MORE WATCH: Arianna Discusses Debt Commission, Obama's Overseas Trip on Parker/Spitzer

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Another Hurt Locker

Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Another, different "hurt locker" haunts these wars: it is the veteran hurt locker of hidden casualties.

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4 Recruiter Suicides Lead To Army Probe

AP | MICHELLE ROBERTS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recruiter Suicides, Veteran Suicide, Patrick Henderson, Iraq, Amanda Henderson, Iraq Widow, Iraq Combat Veteran Suicide, Home News

HENDERSON, Texas — Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Henderson, a strapping Iraq combat veteran, spent the last, miserable months of his life as an Army re...

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