suicide
Tragedy Spreads: The Impact of Veterans’ Suicides on Families
by Sarah Terzo The suicide rate for veterans is 57.3% higher than for non-veterans. Each veteran who dies by suicide leaves behind grieving loved ones. A Disabled Husband and a Sick Daughter Barbara Chism’s husband Mack lost both his legs in Vietnam. He would stay up at night chain smoking, drinking, and watching war movies. When…
Heartbreakingly Common: Suicide Among Veterans
by Sarah Terzo As of 2012, more active duty military personnel and veterans have died from suicide than from combat. Here are more statistics that show how large the problem is: Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan have the highest suicide rate.1 Twenty-five percent of people who die by suicide in the US are veterans, but…
Suicide Prevention and Other Kinds of Killing
by Rachel MacNair War It’s well-documented that combat veterans have a shockingly high suicide rate. Much of this comes from being traumatized by war. There are many kinds of trauma. The one I study most is Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress, which comes from the act of killing itself. For my dissertation back in 1999, I…