Army Reports Suicide Spike In May


	Army Reports Suicide Spike In May

chestnut501

6-12-2009 11:16 AM

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Confirmed And Potential Cases Show Dramatic Increase For Month, Year

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cb9c2082-8c0d-4750-a311-7afaa147efc3/EAD17EF1-890D-4B33-91EA-679B8A6DB6CA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/11/national/main5081441.shtml" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/11/national/main5081441.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cbsnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/11/national/main5081441.shtml"> <!-- sphereit start-->Potential Army suicides more than doubled in May compared 
to the previous month and are up significantly for 2009, <A class=link 
href="http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12740">according 
the U.S. Defense Department</A>. <BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/11/national/main5081441.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cbsnews.com/img/E75ACE89-1C03-4BEA-BFDB-029898E17427" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/11/national/main5081441.shtml">The Army reported one confirmed suicide and 16 potential cases among active-duty 
soldiers last month. In April, there were a total of eight cases - three 
confirmed and five still under investigation, according to the Pentagon. <BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/11/national/main5081441.shtml">In all, there have been 82 reported suicides in 2009 - 45 confirmed, 37 pending 
review. During the same period in 2008, there were 51 cases among soldiers. 
<BR><BR>In January, the Army implemented a branch-wide effort to deal with the 
growing number of suicides, including the creation of a suicide prevention task 
force and the hiring of more counselors. <BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/11/national/main5081441.shtml">The spike in suicides is also seen among reservists not on active duty. In 2009, 
there have been 37 cases - 16 confirmed and 21 potential - compared to 23 
suicides for the same period in 2008. <BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/11/national/main5081441.shtml"> violence <A class=link   
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