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Additional Information

Use the links below for additional information about VA and other organizations’ suicide prevention resources and other Veterans' issues.

Suicide Prevention Information Resources and Programs
    • VA’s Mental Health Program

      Provides guidance to wellness services and counseling available for Veterans, their families, and their communities.

    • Make the Connection

      Helping Veterans recognize they are not alone and resources and solutions are available. Watch hundreds of video testimonials of Veterans and their loved ones overcoming challenges, reaching positive outcomes for treatment and recovery, and finding paths to fulfilling lives.

    • National Center for PTSD

      A hub for research and education on PTSD in Veterans, focused on promoting, understanding, and science.

    • Defense Centers of Excellence

      Oversees programs for psychological health of Veterans, including prevention, treatment, outreach, rehabilitation, and reintegration.

    • Wounded Warrior Project

      An organization dedicated to the well being and adjustment of wounded warriors in America, focused on raising awareness, helping injured Service members, and empowering a generation of Veterans.

    • Mental Health America

      Promotes mental health and recovery from mental illness through education, research, and advocacy, with an emphasis on achieving one’s full potential and social inclusion.

    • AfterDeployment.org

      Health and wellness e-libraries, workshops, and online assessments on a number of Veterans’ issues including PTSD, depression, anger, stress, alcohol and drugs, work adjustment, families, and stigma.

    • Vets4Warriors

      A confidential peer support line staffed by Veterans, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for National Guard and Reserve Service members. Vets4Warriors offers personal support, a wide range of referral services, a live online chat service, and an online resource library.

    • Vets Prevail

      Anonymous online program that provides instant message peer support and a customized set of tasks for each Veteran that can help reduce symptoms of depression and PTSD.

    • Red Cross

      The American Red Cross has provided humanitarian support to the United States military, veterans and their families under a trusted symbol for more than 130 years. Through the Service to the Armed Forces program, the Red Cross provides emergency communications, comfort and care at military and veteran health care facilities, and provides social services to the military community to include veterans, National Guard and Reservists.

    • Give an Hour

      A nonprofit organization providing free confidential mental health services to Service members, Veterans, their loved ones, and their communities, while spreading awareness about mental health issues affecting military families.

Military Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Information by Branch
    • Air Force

      Provides guidance and advocacy for Air Force Veterans at risk for suicide and aims to reduce the rate of active duty Air Force suicides.

    • Army

      Information on the Army’s effort to reduce suicide and minimize suicidal behavior among soldiers and their families, and to improve individual readiness among Service members.

    • Coast Guard

      Manages the suicide prevention program and the various services and resources offered to Service members of the Coast Guard.

    • Marines

      Provides information, support, and education for Marine Corps members and their loved ones who may be at risk for suicide.

    • Navy

      Committed to preventing suicide and increasing wellness among Navy Service members and their families through outreach, education, and mental-health advocacy.

    • National Guard

      Aims to prevent suicide among members with a focus on resiliency and reintegration, explored in a six-part video series.

    • Air National Guard

      Provides support and companionship to eliminate Warfighter suicide through human outreach and education.

    • Army Reserve

      Builds relationships between soldiers and their communities to eliminate isolation and hopelessness that can lead to thoughts of suicide.

    • Navy Reserve

      Offers resources and support for Navy members and their families in order to prevent and reduce suicide and emotional distress.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Suicide Prevention Lifeline U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA)

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