Forbes talks Veterans & Suicide
Over the past six years alone, 45,000 Veterans and active duty service members died by suicide—more deaths than the total number of combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. Go to: […]
Not Exactly “The Ladies Who Lunch”
Female service members play a pivotal role in U.S. military operations. Their responses to those experiences may be distinct from those of their male counterparts. Incident rates of mental health diagnoses are higher among females than males. ` Read: Women in the U.S. Military
Sebastian Junger on PTSD
Sebastian Junger’s piece points out that even though fewer soldiers experience direct combat in war (fewer than 10%), PTSD rates among veterans is almost 25%. The trauma driving PTSD is not just the horrors of combat, he says, but the shock of returning to today’s lonely, isolated, non-tribal modern society. “Soldiers all but ignore differences […]
Life and Death Help for Veterans
