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Suicide task force to focus on troops, vets: (STARS & STRIPES)
January 04, 2011
WASHINGTON – The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention has announced a new military and veterans task force as one of its areas of emphasis in the coming year, calling current and former servicemembers a high-risk group that warrants additional research. The task force, which will spend the next 12 to 18 months developing and implementing strategies to reduce suicides among troops, will be led by Dr. Jan Kemp, director of the Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention program, and Maggie Haynes, director of the Wounded Warrior Project’s combat stress division. The public/private effort is part of the alliance’s broader effort to stem the number of suicides in America, about 34,000 each year.click here to view
