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- Suicides 2008: 128CNN.com: Army plans new training after record number of suicides (January 30, 2009)
- Suicides 2007: 109CNN: Concern mounts over rising troop suicides (Sun February 3, 2008)
- Suicides 2006: 102Army.mil: Army Suicides Up, Prevention Efforts Strengthened (August 16, 2007)
- Suicides 2005: 87Army.mil: Army Responds to Rising Suicide Rates (January 31, 2009)
- Suicides 2004: 67MSNBC: Army suicides hit highest level since 1993 (April 21, 2006)
- Suicides 2003: 61 Common Dreams: Army's Suicide Rate has Outside Experts Alarmed (December 30, 2003)
- Suicides 2002: 68 Common Dreams: Army's Suicide Rate has Outside Experts Alarmed (December 30, 2003)
- Suicides 2001: 49 Common Dreams: Army's Suicide Rate has Outside Experts Alarmed (December 30, 2003)
- Suicides 2000: 63 Common Dreams: Army's Suicide Rate has Outside Experts Alarmed (December 30, 2003)
- The Army employs the 'battle buddy' system as suicide prevention program. It relies on soldiers to help identify warning signs on their fellow soldiers so they can intervene.
- Army One Scource: Crisis hot line - The number for stateside troops is (800) 464-8107; overseas, it is (800) 464-81077.
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Between the initial invasion of Iraq and January 2009, the suicide rate among U.S. Army soldiers doubled. A report released on January 30, 2009, indicated a total of 128 confirmed suicides in 2008, with an additional 15 deaths pending investigation. The Army has made plans for additional suicide recognition and prevention training during 2009 in an attempt to curb the increasing rate.CNN.com: Army plans new training after record number of suicides (January 30, 2009)
Fort Campbell began a three-day "suicide stand-down training event" on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The anti-suicide prevention event was in response to a recent upswing in suicides of Fort Cambell soldiers.obama CNN.com: Army Base Shuts Down for Anti-Suicide Event (May 27, 2009) security
NIH Study
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) issued a request for applications (RFA) for a Collaborative Study of Suicidality and Mental Health in the U.S. Army" in 2008. The funding opportunity will be in the form of a cooperative agreement with NIMH, and allows for up to five years or $50 million in total costs.NIHM: NIMH Solicits Applications for Army Suicide Study (January 9, 2009)Quote
- "We have targeted our efforts for suicide-prevention awareness, specifically to Soldiers and leaders as part of our professional military education system. It's become institutionalized during the deployment process. But it goes beyond that. It's an integrated effort across the entire Army," said retired Col. Dennis W. Dingle, head of the Army well-being branch at the Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for G-1 (Personnel).Army.mil: Army Responds to Rising Suicide Rates (January 31, 2009)
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