House Passes Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act

[babylonsister]

House Passes Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act
October 23rd, 2007 by Jesse Lee

The House has just passed the Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act, H.R. 327, which directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans. The bill is named for an Iraq veteran who took his own life, and recognizes the special needs of veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and elderly veterans who are at high risk for depression and experience high rates of suicide. The bill follows hearings in the Oversight and Veterans Affairs committees seeking to address the tragic mental anguish experienced by many veterans, and is part of ongoing, comprehensive efforts by the new Congress to make veterans a top priority.

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http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=873

[spoony]

1. That's good, but the first step should be

to get everyone out of this nightmarish war, only then--with active soldiers back home and others not under the threat of redeployment--can real healing begin for them.

[babylonsister]

2. I agree, but that's difficult with so many saying it's impossible. nt