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vi Richard Sisk, Lawmakers to Grill VA for Answers on Suicide ‘Epidemic,’ Military.com (Apr. 29, 2019), available at https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/29/ lawmakers-grill-va-answers-suicide-epidemic.html (last visited May 3, 2019).
vii VA National Suicide Data Report 2005-2016, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Sept. 2018), available at https:// www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/data-sheets/ OMHSP_National_Suicide_Data_Report_2005-2016_508.pdf (last visited May 3, 2019).
viii Rieman interview.
ix Chrisanne Gordon, MD, A timely pause can save your life, The Columbus Dispatch (June 12, 2018), available at https://www.dispatch.com/opinion/20180612/chrisanne- gordon-timely-pause-can-save-your-life (last visited May 28, 2019).
x Rieman interview.
xi Rieman interview.
xii It is important to note here that the suicide epidemic impacts all Veterans, not just those with PTSD. Although for purposes of this essay, the emphasis is specifically on Veterans with PTSD, there are many contributing factors to suicide. For example, in a JAMA Psychiatry study, it was noted that female soldiers were 2.6 times more likely than male soldiers to attempt suicide, and soldiers treated within the past month for a physical injury were three times more likely than those not treated for a physical injury to attempt suicide. See Lisa Rapaport, Soldiers who attempt suicide often have no history of mental health issues, Reuters Health News (Sept. 5, 2018), available at https:// www.reuters.com/article/us-health-military-suicide/soldiers-who-attempt-suicide-often- have-no-history-of-mental-health-issues-idUSKCN1LL30V (last visited May 3, 2019).
xiii VA Mental Health, Number of Veterans Receiving Care, Barriers Faced, and Efforts to Increase Access, Report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House of Representatives, Government Accountability Office (Oct. 2011), available at https://www.gao.gov/assets/590/585743.pdf (last visited May 3, 2019).
xiv Brian Hicks, The secret of suicide and the Civil War, The Post and Courier (Apr. 8, 2012), available at https://www.postandcourier.com/archives/the-secret-of-suicide-and- the-civil-war/article_90bd364e-2311-5138-a5ef-48495ab2ac3e.html (last visited May 3, 2019).
xv H.Res. 212, Recognizing suicide as a national problem, and for other purposes, 105th Congress (1997-1998), available at https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house- resolution/212 (last visited May 28, 2019).
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