{"id":26354,"date":"2026-08-05T07:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26354"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:48:08","slug":"the-veterans-crisis-line-isnt-only-for-a-suicide-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26354","title":{"rendered":"The Veterans Crisis Line isn\u2019t only for a suicide crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reaching out early is a smart move, not a last resort. The Veterans Crisis Line is there for whatever you\u2019re going through.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suicide prevention doesn\u2019t always start with a call to the Veterans Crisis Line. It can start with a single conversation, on a regular day, before things ever reach a breaking point.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148508\/veterans-crisis-line-isnt-only-suicide-crisis\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148508\/veterans-crisis-line-isnt-only-suicide-crisis\/\">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) Reaching out early is a smart move, not a last resort. The Veterans Crisis Line is there<\/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":[389,87,374,245],"class_list":["post-26354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","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\/26354","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=26354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26355,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26354\/revisions\/26355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}