Veteran suicide

Operation We Remember: “We wanted a stark visual reminder of how Veteran suicide affects individual lives.”

VA Caregiver Support Program supports Veteran suicide prevention with VA S.A.V.E. training to caregivers and family members.

Thus far, 18 people have completed Shields & Stripes, which tries to rehabilitate those battling mental health conditions such as PTSD, major depression and anxiety disorder. Shields & Stripes can also work with people who have experienced mild traumatic brain injury, which is essentially a concussion and a frequent injury from the post-9/11 conflicts, and moral injury, which is a conflict with one’s personal code of morality.

Suicide Risk Management Consultation offers free consultation to providers who treat Veterans at risk for suicide in all phases of life.

Researchers working on interventions to reduce Veteran suicide, substance abuse, depression in elderly Veterans and other health care issues.

Suicide loss touches many including providers. Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program provides postvention support on healing journey.

VA has extended a call to action to every U.S. state and territory to join the Governor’s Challenge to Prevent Suicide among Service Members, Veterans, and their Families.

The VA Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program is a free resource designed to support providers as they assist justice-involved Veterans.

Suicide Prevention Month: Resources available now and all year to help you face life challenges. You don’t have to go through anything alone.

The SRM program provides free consultation and resources: including therapeutic best practices for providers working with Veterans at risk for suicide.

“We as post-9/11 Veterans are very resilient and can make significant and positive contributions to society. But at the same time, our military service and the difficulties we face reintegrating to civilian life make us one of the highest-risk Veteran populations.”

Veterans and service members can experience moral injury from experiences in combat. It is a risk factor for severe distress and suicide.