Chair of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) addressed the rising suicide rate among veterans last week.
“Suicide among Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans is at an all-time high,” said Akaka. “The number of veterans found to have service-connected PTSD is not just rising, it is rising several times faster than service-connected disabilities overall…Veterans are committing suicide at a higher rate than their civilian counterparts. A recent RAND study found that nearly three out of four veterans in need of mental health care receive inadequate care or no care at all.”
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By Adrienne LaFrance
Jul 1, 2009
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