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Vets and depression: Returning from war to fight new battle: (Reuters)
January 05, 2009
Depression is a "very potent" risk factor for suicide among people receiving treatment for depression at the VA, she notes, with a suicide rate that is three times higher than that of the overall VA patient population. Such high rates led Valenstein and her colleagues to study the best time to provide intensive interventions to veterans with depression to prevent suicide. click here to view
