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NCOs in Iraq Hope to Reduce Suicides - 0 views

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    Suicide rates in the military are at a 10-year high. In 2008, the Marine Corps had 41 confirmed suicides and approximately 150 suicide attempts, according to the Manpower and Reserve Affairs website. Because of these skyrocketing statistics, every noncommissioned officer in the Marine Corps is receiving additional training in suicide prevention, in the form of a course called "Never Leave a Marine Behind."
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Press Releases/Advisories - Army Announces Five-Year Study of Suicidal Behavior - 0 views

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    Secretary of the Army Pete Geren has announced Secretary of the Army Pete Geren has announced a new initiative to conduct a five-year, $50 million study to identify risk and protective factors for suicide and suicidal behavior among soldiers.
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Army reaches out to families to prevent suicides - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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    Fort Campbell hired a suicide prevention program manager, the first on a US military installation, to oversee family support and social work programs on the post and organize efforts to help soldiers struggling after multiple deployments.
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Suicide Prevention Resources - 0 views

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    A word on suicide prevention and support programs from Army Maj. Gen. Mark Graham, commander, Division West and Fort Carson, Colo.
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MHS Media Room - Dot Mil Docs 48: Traumatic Brain Injury & Suicide Prevention - 0 views

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    Brig. Gen. Loree Sutton discusses traumatic brain injury and suicide prevention.
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Defense Department, VA Host Suicide Prevention Conference - 0 views

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    More than 750 people from the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and private enterprise -- including social workers, chaplains, researchers, and family members - are gathered here this week for a suicide-prevention conference.
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Sailors Unite for Suicide Prevention - 0 views

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    MILLIGNTON, Tenn (NNS) -- The Navy rolled out a new Suicide Prevention poster series Dec. 2 that encourages Sailors in distress to reach out for help and encourages shipmates to look out for each other.
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Suicide Prevention - Army G-1 Human Resources - 0 views

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    Mission, Life Line phone numbers, and updated information for the Suicide Prevention group of the United States Army G-1.
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Army leader visits Drum to talk suicides - 0 views

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    FORT DRUM, N.Y. - The Army's vice chief of staff is visiting Fort Drum on Tuesday as part of a fact-finding tour looking for ways to reduce an increasing rate of soldier suicides.
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Suicide Prevention Message Rolls Through Cities Nationwide - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON, June 22, 2009 - The Department of Veterans Affairs took to the road, literally, when it decided to advertise about its "VA Suicide Prevention Lifeline" on public transportation buses in 124 communities across the country.
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Internal battles can be deadly for soldiers, too - 0 views

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    Fort Eustis and other Army bases will soon take steps to prevent suicides by tackling stress and depression.
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Army scales back use of anti-malaria drug - 0 views

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    The Army has dropped Lariam - the drug linked to side effects including suicidal tendencies, anxiety, aggression and paranoia - as its preferred protection against malaria because doctors had inadvertently prescribed it to people who should not take it. Lariam, the brand name for mefloquine, should not be given to anyone with symptoms of a brain injury, depression or anxiety disorder, which describes many troops who have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Group helps families of suicide victims - 0 views

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    Feturing TAPS offers peer-based support, crisis care, casualty casework assistance and grief and trauma resources, all free. Unlike most programs offered through the military, TAPS provides ongoing help to anyone grieving the death of a loved one in the military, regardless of the relationship to the deceased, where they live, or the circumstances of the death.
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