{"id":22725,"date":"2024-04-17T08:21:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22725"},"modified":"2024-04-17T08:21:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:21:19","slug":"six-ways-anyone-can-start-the-conversation-about-suicide-with-a-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22725","title":{"rendered":"Six ways anyone can start the conversation about suicide with a Veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea of having a conversation about suicide can fill people with dread. It\u2019s not just because talking about suicide can feel uncomfortable. It\u2019s also because many people feel like only mental health professionals can speak about such a complex and sensitive subject. Many people don\u2019t feel like they\u2019re \u201cqualified\u201d to help someone having thoughts of suicide.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/130124\/six-ways-start-conversation-suicide-veteran\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/130124\/six-ways-start-conversation-suicide-veteran\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) The idea of having a conversation about suicide can fill people with dread. It\u2019s not just because<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,494,7],"tags":[172,87,245],"class_list":["post-22725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-healthbehavioral-health","category-ptsd","category-veterans-benefits","tag-suicide-prevention","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22726,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22725\/revisions\/22726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}