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  1. https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/suicide_prevention/Suicide-Prevention-Data.asp Data on Veteran suicide rates by state and region are now available. These state data sheets are a follow-up to VA’s August 2016 release of a national suicide data report, “Suicide Among Veterans and Other Americans, 2001–2014.” The report was based on research in which VA conducted the Nation’s most comprehensive analysis of Veteran suicide rates in the United States, examining more than 55 million records from 1979 to 2014 in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. “Suicide Among Veterans and Other Americans, 2001–2014” was originally released in August 2016. Findings from that report have been updated in the 2017 version to correct minor inconsistencies. In the original report, some data points included U.S. territories while others excluded them, making the data points inconsistent and therefore not comparable. The 2017 version of the report — see below to view and download — excludes U.S. territories from all data points except in Section V. Results Part 1, due to variations in the availability of National Death Index data for the territories. This is consistent with the aggregate suicide counts and rates for the general population, as published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These revisions have a minimal statistical impact on the overall report, and all other methods, definitions, and calculations are consistent with the 2016 version. Individual States and all fifty States are downloadable as PDFs. GH
  2. In a tragic and disturbing trend, veterans are resorting to suicide on the grounds of VA facilities, VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin said last week. "As some of you may know, veterans tend to come to a VA -- either drive a car or come to the VA -- and actually suicide on our property," Shulkin said last Tuesday, stressing the need for the Department of Veterans Affairs to do more to curb veteran suicides, estimated at 20 daily nationwide. "There are a number of reasons, not all of which I completely understand," for veterans to choose to end their lives at the VA, he said, "but one of them being they don't want their families to have to discover them." They know that if they're discovered at a VA, that we will handle it in an appropriate way and take care of them," Shulkin said in his opening remarks at the VA's annual "Innovation Day" at Georgetown University. Shulkin, who has made curbing veteran suicides his top clinical priority, did not state how many suicides are occurring at VA facilities, "but every day I am notified of more and more of these that happen. So we just have to do more, we have to do better, we have to innovate" in seeking out and assisting at-risk veterans. VA officials also did not put a number on what is known in the veterans community as "parking lot suicides." Shulkin "was referring to a number of tragic incidents that have been in the news," a VA spokesman said in an e-mail. "His point was that VA has more work to do when it comes to its suicide prevention efforts." Dying at the VA In an August 2016 incident reported by the Suffolk County police in New York, a 76-year-old Navy veteran died by suicide in the parking lot of the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Long Island, where he had been a patient. Peter A. Kaisen, of Islip, Long Island, who also was a former police officer, was pronounced dead after he shot himself outside Building 92, the nursing home at the medical center, police said. The reason for the suicide was not immediately known, but The New York Times reported that two people connected to the hospital who spoke on grounds of anonymity said the veteran had been frustrated he was unable to see an emergency-room physician for reasons related to his mental health. The Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center later said Kaisen had not been denied treatment. In November 2016, the body of John Toombs, a former Army sergeant and Afghanistan veteran, was found hanged in a vacant building on the grounds of the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Toombs left behind a video in which he said, "Earlier today, I was discharged for trivial reasons. They knew the extent of my problems. When I asked for help, they opened up a Pandora's box inside of me and kicked me out the door." In February this year, the body of 63-year-old Navy veteran Paul Shuping was found in the parking garage of the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Carolina six days after he took his own life. Police said Shuping used a .22-caliber rifle to kill himself inside a parked car in the garage. Of particular concern to the VA was the death in March this year of Hank Brandon Lee, 35, a former Marine lance corporal who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He fatally overdosed on fentanyl while under lockdown at the Department of Veterans Affairs psychiatric facility in Brockton, Massachusetts. His family has demanded to know how he obtained the drugs. Risk of Opioid Abuse Last week, the office of the VA's Inspector General released a report stating that veterans using the VA's Choice program allowing private-sector health care face a "significant risk" of opioid abuse in the treatment of chronic pain. Policies in place at the VA to reduce the number of opioid prescriptions do not necessarily apply to private-sector doctors, the IG said. In a report titled "Opioid Prescribing to High-Risk Veterans Receiving VA Purchased Care," the IG said there is an overall lack of communication between the VA and private-sector doctors on what drugs should be prescribed. "Veterans receiving opioid prescriptions from VA-referred clinical settings may be at greater risk for overdose and other harm because medication information is not being consistently shared," said VA Inspector General Michael Missal in a statement. "That has to change," he said. "Health-care providers serving veterans should be following consistent guidelines for prescribing opioids and sharing information that ensures quality care for high-risk veterans." The report highlighted the main problem: "Under Choice, prescriptions for veterans who are authorized care through Choice are required to be filled at a VA pharmacy," but "a veteran can choose to fill the prescription outside the VA and pay for the prescriptions with his or her own funds." The report said, "With the expansion of community partnerships, a significant risk exists for patients who are prescribed opioid prescriptions outside of VA." However, Shulkin said last week at the Innovation forum that "the fundamental way to fix the system is to give veterans more choice." Extending Choice On Saturday, Shulkin joined President Trump at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club for the signing of a $2.1 billion bill extending the Veterans Choice Program for another six months while Congress and the VA work on reforms. Shulkin said last week that the veteran suicide rate is "absolutely unacceptable" and briefly outlined the VA's commitment to bringing the rate down. In 2013, the VA released a study on suicides from 1999 to 2010, which showed that roughly 22 veterans were dying by suicide per day, or one every 65 minutes. The report relied on data from 20 states. In August 2016, the VA released what was billed as the "most comprehensive analysis of veteran suicide rates" ever conducted, which examined more than 55 million veterans' records from 1979 to 2014 from all 50 states. "The current analysis indicates that in 2014, an average of 20 veterans a day died from suicide" -- or one every 72 minutes, the report said. The data also showed that only six of the 20 veterans who die in the U.S. each day are enrolled in the VA and only three are in active treatment, indicating a need for more outreach by the VA. The VA's report said that about 65 percent of all veterans who died from suicide in 2014 were 50 years of age or older, and veterans accounted for 18 percent of all deaths from suicide among U.S. adults, a decrease from 22 percent in 2010. Increasing Suicide Rates Since 2001, U.S. adult civilian suicides increased 23 percent, while veteran suicides increased 32 percent in the same time period. "After controlling for age and gender, this makes the risk of suicide 21 percent greater for veterans," the 2016 report said. Since 2001, the rate of suicide among veterans who use VA services increased by 8.8 percent, while the rate of suicide among veterans who do not use VA services increased by 38.6 percent, the report said. The report went on to list a number of new measures on suicide prevention that the VA had in place or planned to implement before the end of 2016. The steps included a toll-free Veterans Crisis Line (1-800-273-8255, press 1); the placement of Suicide Prevention Coordinators at all VA Medical Centers and large outpatient facilities; and improvements in case management and tracking. The VA was also working to ensure same-day access for veterans with urgent mental health needs at more than 1,000 VA facilities by the end of 2016, the report said. In fiscal 2015, more than 1.6 million veterans received mental health treatment from the VA. In addition, the VA was hiring more than 60 new crisis intervention responders for the Veterans Crisis Line. Each responder was to receive "intensive training on a wide variety of topics in crisis intervention, substance use disorders, screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment," the report said. Richard.Sisk@Military.com http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/08/14/parking-lot-suicides-roil-va-hospitals.html?ESRC=dod_170818.nl
  3. OUTRAGEOUS: Veterans Get Letters Prohibiting The Purchase, Possession, Or Transport Of A Firearm/Ammunition Written By Constitutional Attorney Michael Connelly, J.D. How would you feel if you received a letter from the U.S. Government informing you that because of a physical or mental condition that the government says you have it is proposing to rule that you are incompetent to handle your own financial affairs? Suppose that letter also stated that the government is going to appoint a stranger to handle your affairs for you at your expense? That would certainly be scary enough but it gets worse. What if that letter also stated: “A determination of incompetency will prohibit you from purchasing, possessing, receiving, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. If you knowingly violate any of these prohibitions, you may be fined, imprisoned, or both pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Pub.L.No. 103-159, as implemented at 18, United States Code 924(a)(2).”? That makes is sound like something right from a documentary on a tyrannical dictatorship somewhere in the world. Yet, as I write this I have a copy of such a letter right in front of me. It is being sent by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of America’s heroes. In my capacity as Executive Director of the United States Justice Foundation (USJF) I have been contacted by some of these veterans and the stories I am getting are appalling. The letter provides no specifics on the reasons for the proposed finding of incompetency; just that is based on a determination by someone in the VA. In every state in the United States no one can be declared incompetent to administer their own affairs without due process of law and that usually requires a judicial hearing with evidence being offered to prove to a judge that the person is indeed incompetent. This is a requirement of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that states that no person shall “… be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law…”. Obviously, the Department of Veterans Affairs can’t be bothered by such impediments as the Constitution, particularly since they are clearly pushing to fulfill one of Obama’s main goals, the disarming of the American people. Janet Napolitano has already warned law enforcement that some of the most dangerous among us are America’s heroes, our veterans, and now according to this letter from the VA they can be prohibited from buying or even possessing a firearm because of a physical or mental disability. Think about it, the men and women who have laid their lives on the line to defend us and our Constitution are now having their own Constitutional rights denied. There are no clear criteria for the VA to declare a veteran incompetent. It can be the loss of a limb in combat, a head injury, a diagnosis of PTSD, or even a soldier just telling someone at the VA that he or she is depressed over the loss of a buddy in combat. In none of these situations has the person been found to be a danger to themselves or others. If that was the case than all of the Americans who have suffered from PTSD following the loss of a loved one or from being in a car accident would also have to be disqualified from owning firearms. It would also mean that everyone who has ever been depressed for any reason should be disarmed. In fact, many of the veterans being deprived of their rights have no idea why it is happening. The answer seems to be it is simply because they are veterans. At the USJF we intend to find the truth by filing a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Veterans Affairs to force them to disclose the criteria they are using to place veterans on the background check list that keeps them from exercising their Second Amendment rights. Then we will take whatever legal steps are necessary to protect our American warriors. The reality is that Obama will not get all of the gun control measures he wants through Congress, and they wouldn’t be enough for him anyway. He wants a totally disarmed America so there will be no resistance to his plans to rob us of our nation. That means we have to ask who will be next. If you are receiving a Social Security check will you get one of these letters? Will the government declare that you are incompetent because of your age and therefore banned from firearm ownership. It certainly fits in with the philosophy and plans of the Obama administration. It is also certain that our military veterans don’t deserve this and neither do any other Americans. -- Michael Connelly, J.D. Executive Director, United States Justice Foundation
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