Suicide rate of female military veterans "staggering," researchers say

[unhappycamper]

http://hamptonroads.com/2015/06/suicide-rate-female-military-veterans-staggering-researchers-say

Suicide rate of female military veterans "staggering," researchers say
By Alan Zarembo, Los Angeles Times
Tribune News Service
© June 10, 2015

New government research shows that female military veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of other women, a startling finding that experts say poses disturbing questions about the backgrounds and experiences of women who serve in the armed forces.

Their suicide rate is so high that it approaches that of male veterans, a finding that surprised researchers because men generally are far more likely than women to commit suicide.

“It’s staggering,” said Dr. Matthew Miller, an epidemiologist and suicide expert at Northeastern University who was not involved in the research. “We have to come to grips with why the rates are so obscenely high.”

Though suicide has become a major issue for the military over the last decade, most research by the Pentagon and the Veterans Affairs Department has focused on men, who account for more than 90 percent of the nation’s 22 million former troops. Little has been known about female veteran suicide.

[giftedgirl77]

1. Well it would help if my psychiatrist didn't disappear

for months on end with an "illness" & then the va refuses to send us out to other clinics. This has happened twice in the last 2 years when I'm due for an appointment & having serious meltdowns.