The Challenge and the Promise: Strengthening the Force, Preventing Suicide and Saving Lives : The Report of the DOD Suicide Prevention Task Force

Abstract

Not every suicide may be prevented, but suicide is preventable The Services are heavily engaged in suicide prevention Leadership is involved at senior levels We cannot know for sure just how many suicides there would be if it were not for current programs and leadership efforts The Task Force is unable to grade Service SP programs Relationship between increased ops tempo, deployments, separations and overall stress on the force/increased suicides The Task Force is unable to determine any risk for suicide due specifically to occupation Suicide has multiple complex risk factors; suicide prevention must have multidimensional approaches and solutions

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 26, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556250

Entities

People

  • John C. Bradley

Organizations

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Best Practices
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Dwell Time
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Leadership
  • Military Medicine
  • Pain
  • Risk
  • Risk Factors
  • Task Forces
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

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