Seminar Date: July 1, 2009
Presented by: Melissa Slagle, LCSW
The shocking rate of suicides among our men and women returning from war make it clear that we need to take action. The VA estimates that more than 5,000 veterans take their lives each year. Suicide rates by some estimates are 35 to 50 percent higher for Iraq veterans than for general populations. The Department of Defense recently reported that the Army is now seeing the highest rate of suicide since the Vietnam War. This is a genuine crisis, and it requires an urgent, stepped-up response from our communities at large.
