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A U.S. veteran makes a call for mental health care as the sun rises. (Nikki Wolgamott for Project Optimist)
series

Veteran suicide prevention: From a personal story to solutions

Learn about our series on the challenges of and responses to veteran suicide.

(Nikki Wolgamott for The Optimist)
Social Issues

Firearm safety is key to veteran suicide prevention – here's why

Part 4: We have to talk firearm safety when we cover veteran suicide prevention.

(Nikki Wolgamott for Project Optimist)
Art

Helping a veteran in crisis: An illustrated intervention

Our comic is based on 2 intervention models: VA SAVE and LivingWorks' safeTALK

A friend of a veteran in crisis the veteran to services during an intervention spurred. (Nikki Wolgamott for Project Optimist
Social Issues

Here's where to get connected after launching a veteran suicide intervention

Part 3: A key step in a veteran suicide intervention is all about connection.

Aaron and Janelle Bradley pose on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at their Albertville, Minn., home, where they raise their two childr
Community voices

Community Voices ⎸ I lost a veteran to suicide, so I went on a search for preventions that work

Our series on veteran suicide prevention starts with a deeply personal story.

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