Suicide Prevention in Military Not Working Well
Task Force Reports that Prevention Programs Lacked Strategic Planning when Formed; Report Makes 76 Recommendations
(AP) Rushing to stem historically high rates of military suicides, the service branches set up prevention programs that lacked strategic planning and so don't work as well as they could, a report said Tuesday.
The Pentagon should create a new high-level office to set strategy and coordinate prevention programs across the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, said a task force report ordered by Congress last year...
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