Pentagon Issues 101 Recommendations for Suicide Prevention to be Implemented by End of Fiscal 2030
September 29, 2023
Matthew Adams
Stars and Stripes
Pentagon Issues 101 Recommendations for Suicide Prevention to be Implemented by End of Fiscal 2030
September 29, 2023
Matthew Adams
Stars and Stripes
Including leaders in more suicide prevention training and increasing mental health services are just two of the more than 100 recommendations that the Pentagon said Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, will be implemented in the next seven years to help address the suicide crisis in the military. (Joshua Seybert/U.S. Air Force)
Matthew Adams, Stars and Stripes / September 28, 2023
WASHINGTON — Including unit leaders in more suicide prevention training and increasing mental health services are just two of the more than 100 recommendations that the Pentagon said Thursday will be implemented in the next seven years to help address the suicide crisis in the military.
“Suicide prevention is a long-term effort. Change will not happen overnight, but we have no time to spare,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote in a memo announcing the initiative.
The Defense Department in recent years has aimed to improve mental health care access for troops, amid increases in suicide rates and outcry from members of Congress and others.
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