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The suicide rate among young female U.S. military veterans is nearly three times higher than among civilian women, a new study has found.
“This study shows that young women veterans have nearly triple the suicide rate of young women who never served in the military,” study co-author Mark Kaplan, of Portland State University, said in the news release. “The elevated rates of suicide among women veterans should be a call to action, especially for clinicians and caregivers to be aware of warning signs and helpful prevention resources such as the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline.”
The hotline phone number is 1-800-273-8255.
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