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  • Preventing and managing a suicide crisis

    Preventing and managing a suicide crisis

    Preparing before a suicide crisis happens can help you get through it safely.

  • Veterans: Let’s talk about guns and suicide

    Veterans: Let’s talk about guns and suicide

    Guns are used in the vast majority of Veteran suicides. To save Veterans’ lives, we must conquer the uneasiness of talking about guns.

  • How VA is taking action to prevent Veteran suicide

    How VA is taking action to prevent Veteran suicide

    Our most recent annual report of Veteran suicide data highlights seven strategies to support Veterans.

  • Take the time: Reduce your risk of suicide crisis  

    Take the time: Reduce your risk of suicide crisis  

    No one knows if or when a suicide crisis will strike. Don’t wait. Take the time now to be prepared in case one happens.

  • Honoring Veterans: Navy Veteran Loretta Walsh

    Honoring Veterans: Navy Veteran Loretta Walsh

    This week’s Honoring Veterans Spotlight honors the service of Navy Veteran Loretta Walsh, who served in WWI as the first enlisted woman in the U.S. military.

  • Reaching Veterans in Southeast Louisiana

    Reaching Veterans in Southeast Louisiana

    200 people attended a Veterans Info and Benefits Fair in Louisiana where staff helped and answered Veterans’ questions.

  • PTSD Bytes: Reducing suicide risk

    PTSD Bytes: Reducing suicide risk

    Dr. Colleen Becket-Davenport discusses PTSD and lethal means safety with Dr. Joseph Simonetti, an addiction medicine physician.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Vernon Baker

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Vernon Baker

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Vernon Baker, a WWII Medal of Honor recipient.

  • Mental health is just one factor in a Veteran’s risk for suicide

    Mental health is just one factor in a Veteran’s risk for suicide

    Veterans can learn about risk and protective factors for suicide and how to find resources to help manage them.

  • The push to get back into the Wheelchair Games

    The push to get back into the Wheelchair Games

    A recreational therapist convinced a Veteran to go to the National Veteran Wheelchair Games in New Orleans in July 2024.

  • Communities help with Veteran suicide prevention

    Communities help with Veteran suicide prevention

    Suicide prevention coordinators work with community organizations to improve knowledge of suicide prevention and resource accessibility

  • America250: Army Veteran Thomas Jackson Rodman

    America250: Army Veteran Thomas Jackson Rodman

    Today's America250 and #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Thomas Jackson Rodman, who served in the Civil War.

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