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Army Releases May Suicide Data
The Army released suicide data for the month of May today,
reporting one confirmed suicide and 16 potential suicides among active duty
soldiers.
In the April report, the Army reported seven active duty potential
suicides. Since that time an additional suicide was reported, for a total of
eight April potential suicides, three of which have been confirmed and five
remain under investigation. There have been 82 reported active duty
suicides in the Army during calendar year 2009. Of these, 45 have been
confirmed as suicides, and 37 are pending final determination of manner
death. For the same period in 2008, there were 51 suicides among active
duty soldiers.
During May 2009, among reserve component soldiers who are
not on active duty, there was one confirmed suicide and seven potential
suicides; to date in 2009, among that same group, there have been 16
confirmed suicides, and 21 potential suicides are currently under investigation.
For the same period in 2008, there were 23 suicides among reserve soldiers
who were not on active duty.
In January, the Army implemented an Army-wide effort to combat
the rise of suicide in its ranks. The Army mandated a suicide prevention
stand-down that involved all 1.1 million soldiers; established a Suicide
Prevention Task Force; has made dozens of improvements to Army policies,
procedures and resources; and recruited additional psychological and
behavioral health counselors.
“We have got to do better,” said Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen.
Peter W. Chiarelli, “It’s clear we have not found full solutions to this yet.
But we are trying every remedy and seeking help from outside agencies
that are experts in suicide prevention. There isn’t a reasonable suicide
prevention tool out there the Army won’t potentially employ.”
The Army’s Suicide Prevention Task Force is focused on rapid
improvements across the spectrum of health promotion, risk reduction and
suicide prevention to ensure the Army’s programs in these areas are
coordinated, fully-resourced, and effective.
“As hard as this problem truly is, in some ways it is also very
basic, because it requires caring for soldiers, and that’s something we already
know how to do,” said Brig. Gen. Colleen McGuire, director, Army Suicide
Prevention Task Force. “We must simultaneously get back to
basics and optimize current programs to set conditions for
future programs to tackle this problem.”
The Army has identified additional crisis intervention resources
available to the Army community. Soldiers and families in need of crisis
assistance are strongly encouraged to contact Military OneSource or the
Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic
Brain Injury Outreach Center (DCoE). Trained consultants are available
from both organizations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
The Military OneSource toll-free number for those residing in the
continental United States is 1-800-342-9647, the Military One Source Web
site can be found at http://www.militaryonesource.com. Overseas personnel
should refer to the Military OneSource Web site for dialing instructions for
their specific location.
The DCoE Outreach Center can be contacted at 1-866-966-1020, or at http://www.dcoe.health.mil/media/DCoE_News/DCoE_Outreach_Center.aspx.
The Army’s most current suicide prevention information is located
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