Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted September 3, 2019 Moderators Posted September 3, 2019 On the average, each year from 2008 to 2016, 6,000 veterans committed suicide In 2016, the suicide rate for veterans was 1.5 times higher than it was for non-veterans! In 2015 the suicide rate for veterans ages 18 - 34 was 40.4 per 100,000. In 2016 the suicide rate for the same age veterans was 45 per 100,000. The United States military is becoming aware that our military forces commonly experience what is being called "moral Injury." The article below is shocking. The following is an article on Moral Injury as experienced by veterans and the resultant suicide rate. Rita Nakashima Brock, "The Battle Inside." Military Officer, September 2019, beginning on page 56. Quote Gregory
dgrimm60 Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 GREGORY I can not fine the article to read dgrimm60 Quote
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