The world is paying attention to US Military suicides

Suicides are surging among US troops has managed to be reported across the world.

US military suicide rate hits one per day
BBC News Canada

Strength or weakness? News of the suicide rate increase comes despite years of effort by the US military to encourage troops to seek help for mental health problems.

Those efforts include setting up confidential telephone hotlines and placing more mental health specialists near the battlefield.

Suicide prevention is first and foremost a leadership responsibility”

Pentagon spokeswoman
But reports suggest that some in the military continue to believe that going for help is seen as a sign of weakness.

Last month, Major General Dana Pittard, a commander in the 1st Armored Division, retracted an Army blog post made in January in which he told soldiers considering suicide to "act like an adult".

One death-a-day: Military suicides reach terrifying rate
RT Russia

"It's a sign in general of the stress the Army has been under over the 10 years of war," says Dr. Xenakis. "We've seen before that these signs show up even more dramatically when the fighting seems to go down and the Army is returning to garrison."

Suicide among US soldiers grows sharply, Pentagon reports
By SAJAD - Sat Jun 09
Afghan Online Newspaper

The 154 suicides through June 3 this year was 24 more than during the same period last year – an 18 percent increase – according to an Associated Press analysis of Pentagon figures. The military had projected 136 suicides for the 2012 period based on rates in previous years.

Suicides in US military at 10-year high with 154 cases reported in 155 days Newstrack India

Military suicide numbers up

Radio New Zealand

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