Reply With QuoteA related link.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1070491.html
If accurate, that's horrifying.
18 U.S. Veterans Commit Suicide Each Day
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_38fSeRDB0" target="_blank">
my bad missed the date
Last edited by poolboy; 04-30-2012 at 04:56 PM.
A related link.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1070491.html
If accurate, that's horrifying.
pharma companies cashing in on this suicides too
It's horrible. You are nothing when you are not in use.Originally Posted by poolboy
Some more stats:
http://www.suicide.org/suicide-statistics.html
Scarier than you think.
Very sad!
Makes me think about earlier wars - did that many think about suicide or commit it after WW2???? I am not aware of such high rates among "our" WW2-veterans in Germany after WW2. Would be an interesting subject to investigate.
Well at least you guys want to talk about it, as the attitude before here was pretty backwards about treatment.
Face it, war is one of the most extraordainary experiences a human can go through, you all experienced different things and got fvcked up in different ways.
Just because someone of you had a harder time (in who knows WTF situation) than others doesn't mean he can be called on it.
FFS don't be afraid to seek or demand help.
America's harvest of shame
What's wrong with pharma companies coming up with the medications that might help prevent suicides?
Because they lobby hard for usesless pills instead of psychiatric measures.
Ah, I see.
because alot of the pills they give the veterans has suicide as the side affect
they basically using veterans as guinee pigs for their new products
If that is correct its approx 6570 Vets per year out of 36000 suicides per year, approx 18% of all yearly suicides in the US.
http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseac...135c3a70de1fda
I guess the "18 vets per day" includes attempted suicides, if my English does not betray me?
This topic come up every now and then. When Bush was president, it was a big deal that those serving was committing suicide and it sounded like this was above the norm. Actually, as horrible as the % was, it was still below the same rate for civilians of the same age/*** category.
Not just vets, but everyone else. Something like 83 people in the US/day commits suicide. I think the political disgusting part of this, is that it mostly comes up to blast the current administration/gov/elected officials, other wise not much is said. Vets are not the only group that needs preventative programs.
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