{"id":25903,"date":"2026-04-29T07:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25903"},"modified":"2026-04-29T07:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:42:24","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-veteran-suicide-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25903","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about Veteran suicide prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are some misconceptions about suicide and the risk to Veterans. Learn the facts and stay informed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suicide is preventable, and knowing the facts can help you take practical steps to protect yourself and the people around you.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146385\/what-need-know-about-veteran-suicide-prevention\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146385\/what-need-know-about-veteran-suicide-prevention\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" 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: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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) There are some misconceptions about suicide and the risk to Veterans. Learn the facts and stay informed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,7],"tags":[389,87,374,245],"class_list":["post-25903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-healthbehavioral-health","category-veterans-benefits","tag-veteran-suicide","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-crisis-line","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25903","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=25903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25904,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25903\/revisions\/25904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}