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January 17, 2010

Pentagon, VA open suicide prevention conference.

WFAA-TV Dallas, TX (1/10, 8:34 a.m. CT) broadcast that the "Pentagon and the Veterans Administration" opened a "four day conference" Sunday "on suicide prevention in the military. Suicide in the Army is at a 26-year high. In 2008, there were 268 active duty suicides across the military, most in the Army, and it's double the rate of suicides among non-military Americans."

Posted by admin at January 17, 2010 05:13 PM