Episode 8 - One Is Too Many

Every day, almost 20 Veterans make the decision to end their own lives.  However, on average 14 of those Veterans are not connected to VA care in any way.  It's the mission of VA Suicide Prevention to reach out and help those Veterans.  In this episode of The 9 Line, we talk to Tim Jobin, our Chief of Mental Health and Keva Rice, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, about how we're trying to expand mental health services to more Veterans contemplating suicide, some of the challenges in dissuading Veterans from taking their own lives, and what it is going to take to bring 20 down to zero.