{"id":25979,"date":"2026-05-18T08:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25979"},"modified":"2026-05-18T08:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:19:04","slug":"practical-skills-for-veterans-to-lower-suicide-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25979","title":{"rendered":"Practical skills for Veterans to lower suicide risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can take steps every day to manage challenges before they build into something bigger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suicide prevention isn\u2019t only about what happens before or during a crisis. It\u2019s also about the practical skills you use every day to handle stress, frustration, isolation or major life changes before they pile up.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146813\/practical-skills-veterans-lower-suicide-risk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146813\/practical-skills-veterans-lower-suicide-risk\/\">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) You can take steps every day to manage challenges before they build into something bigger Suicide prevention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[87,245,996],"class_list":["post-25979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care","tag-veterans-suicide-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979","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=25979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25980,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979\/revisions\/25980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}