Download pdf - Veterans' Suicide

Ashley Schellhase

5/6/10

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WHY is suicide a choice?

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low self esteem

NO HOPE for the future

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Number of Suicides Per 100,000 Soldiers in the US Army

Number of Suicides Per 100,000 Soldiers

Data from http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/15/soldier.suicide/index.html

"Dear mom and dad, I can not express my

apologies in words for the pain I have

caused you, but I beg for your forgiveness…”

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“I beg of you not to blame yourself

because I lived a happy childhood

and a great life thanks to you…”

“It feels as if I lost the most important part of my life

that will ever exist…"

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“Secured in his jacket were

twelve cyanide tablets:

one for each crew member,

in case they were shot down.”

(Bradley, 182)

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18 SUICIDES A DAY

How to stop it?

Wiley - Blackwell (2009, August 26). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Primary Suicide Risk Factor For Veterans. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 24, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2009/08/090825151341.htm

Http://www.thisisrumorcontrol.org/node/1360. "Jeffrey's Letter." daretodreamnetwork.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.daretodreamnetwork.net/jeffrey.htm>.

Reinberg, Steven. "With Depression, Vets Face Higher Suicide Risk." HealthDayNews 12 Jan. 2010: n. pag. Web. 30 Apr. 2010. <http://abcnews.go.com/ Health/Healthday/story?id=6629354&page=1>.

"San Fransico Suicide Prevention." sfsuicide.org. N.p., 18 Nov. 2008. Web. 30 Apr. 2010. <http://www.sfsuicide.org/html/warning.html>.

"SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS IS VITAL WHEN THEY COME MARCHING HOME.(Editorial)." Global Issues in Context. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2 Aug. 2007. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. <http://find.galegroup.com/gic/ infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=GIC&docId=C J126575180&source=gale&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0>.

Thurston, John. E-mail interview. 25 Apr. 2010.

Duckworth, Tammy. "18 Veterans Die of Suicide Daily." CNN. N.p., 30 Apr. 2010. Web. 6 May 2010. <http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/04/30/ am.helping.americas.heroes.cnn?iref=allsearch>.