VA Releases Vet Suicide Report

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released its findings from the nation's most comprehensive analysis of veteran suicide rates in the United States. VA examined more than 55 million Veterans' records from 1979 to 2014 from every state in the nation. The effort advances VA's knowledge from the previous report in 2012. The current analysis indicates that in 2014 an average of 20 Veterans a day died from suicide. A summary of the report's findings is available on the VA website. The report is available online. Other VA mental health information is available here. Veterans in crisis can call Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255 (press 1) or text 838255 or chat on the Veterans Crisis Line website. A Suicide prevention fact sheet is available online. For more on suicide prevention, visit the Military.com Suicide Prevention section.