McCain Calls for New Study of Veteran Suicides

Thanks for making us aware Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM. To be honest this seems to be a needle in a haystack study approach.
For instance Lryica gave me suicidal thoughts after one dose. Similarly a low-dose tricyclic anti-depressant prescribed as asleep aid gave me suicidal thought as well as a psychotic episode.
There are far too many medications which may trigger suicidal thoughts for this study to shed new light IMHO.
Thankfully the medications which trigger suicidal thoughts are prescription which means law-abiding folks are under doctor supervision when taking them.
Of course those who are most likely to attempt and commit suicide include the self medicating and those who don't think they need to take their medications.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Thomas Tennant MAJ Ken LandgrenCapt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT 1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSFC William FarrellSSG Leo Bell SSgt (Join to see) Sgt Joe LaBranche SrA Christopher Wright PO3 Steven Sherrill PO1 John Miller SPC Margaret Higgins

One suicide a day is too many. Throwing meds at it is only a Band-Aid covering a sucking chest wound. Each suicide is a tragic loss of life and a source of great pain for their loved ones. It's more than just the PTSD though; which is a very serious matter, because society has changed greatly since previous post-war days. Besides medical challenges and slim chances for employment they return to a Nation divided. This has to impact on one's state of mind, because after making all their sacrifices they see that many don't care. They see folks living it up and oblivious to the war(s) or those that served. Even worse, they see some that ridicule them for serving and are against the Nation as a whole. It's almost like struggling to complete the 26 + miles of a marathon and when they finally reach the finish line nobody is there. After WW II and Korea they returned to an economy that was booming. Vets were building homes and going to school on the GI Bill. The Nation was upbeat and positive with prospects for a great future. Not so much today and it all adds to the medical and psychological aspects of getting on with their lives. Sorry is this is a half-empty view but it's just how I see it. On a brighter note I saw a poster at VA Medical recently that made sense about that argument. It said "What difference does it make if the glass is half-empty or half-full? It is refillable."

Love it!!! This has been a long time coming!