National Suicide Crisis Hot Line Planned for Veterans
July 2, 2007

Nicholson: A Call for Help Needs Immediate Response

WASHINGTON – To ensure veterans with mental health crises have immediate access to trained coordinators, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will establish a 24-hour, national suicide prevention hot line.

"This is another significant step to ensure that veterans, particularly the newest generation of combat vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, receive accessible and compassionate care for their mental health concerns," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson.

The hot line, which is scheduled to begin operations by August 31, 2007, will be based at the Canandaigua VA Medical Center in New York state. Staffed by mental health professionals, it will operate seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

In addition to staffing the hot line, the suicide prevention coordinators will take part in training clinicians and non-clinicians on warning signs for suicide, guide veterans into care and work within facilities to identify veterans at risk for suicide.

VA's Canandaigua facility is already a VA center of excellence focused on suicide prevention, mental health education and research.

VA has the nation's largest mental health program. The Department recently announced plans to provide suicide prevention coordinators at each of its 153 medical centers, joining more than 9,000 mental health professionals.

Mental health services are provided at each of VA's 153 medical centers and more than 900 outpatient clinics. Last month, Nicholson announced an initiative to hire 100 new employees to provide readjustment counseling at each of the Department's 207 community-based Vet Centers.

In July, VA will convene a four-day mental health forum in Washington with the Department's top mental health professionals to review a wide range of issues, such as integrating mental health services with primary care, combat trauma, suicide prevention and the special needs of the newest generation of combat veterans.

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I have attempted to reach you through your personal site and your mailbox was full. I have attempted to reach you in your military.com email, both attempts have failed.

I will check to make sure that the email on this account will lead to the right one. I just checked and it is the correct email and it is working

There are the only posts you will find that I will make. Send an email to that address on the profile and I will explain further.

Gee, look who reared his ugly head.

Still looking for single-moms to leach off of?

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I have attempted to reach you through your personal site and your mailbox was full. I have attempted to reach you in your military.com email, both attempts have failed.

I'm not sure what you mean. My personal mailbox is never full. It has unlimited space.

But in any case, one cannot resort to self-help by registering names, while on suspension. Check your email.

It was full on the msdsite. I just sent a message there and it went through. No email on this end yes.

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Originally posted by MaddogMarine2005:
It was full on the msdsite. I just sent a message there and it went through. No email on this end yes.

You just told me

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There are the only posts you will find that I will make. Send an email to that address on the profile and I will explain further.

And I see another posted right after telling me this.

I suggest you check your email. I sent it to the one you used to register for this site. I do not communicate through PM on my site, for business on this site.

Done

I guess you didn't get my message. I will leave the thread, as it's a worthy topic. However, you are done!