American Legion Art Semro Post 28 in Ephrata hosted a seminar on suicide prevention for Veterans this past Saturday. Veterans are more likely than other demographics to commit suicide, but there are tools that can help the community serve those who have served and potentially save their lives.
June 6, 2023
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Saving those who served
Empathy key to reducing veteran suicides.
EPHRATA — Every 28 seconds or so, a U.S. military veteran attempts to take their own life. “Suicide is the 12th leading cause of death in the U.S. There were 46,000 deaths by suicide in 2020 and there were 1.15 million attempts,” said Mike Badgley, a suicide prevention peer specialist for the Washington State Department of Military Affairs...