{"id":4004,"date":"2007-11-14T13:15:32","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T19:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4004"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:04","slug":"vets-suicide-rate-stunning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/vets-suicide-rate-stunning\/","title":{"rendered":"Vets&#8217; Suicide Rate &#8220;Stunning&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/death_100103.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/death_100103.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>CBS News<\/p>\n<p>Some of America&#8217;s 25 million veterans face their biggest fight when they return home from the battlefield &#8212; when they take on mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>And, a <strong>CBS News<\/strong> analysis reveals they lose that battle, and take their own lives, at a clip described by various experts as &#8220;stunning&#8221; and &#8220;alarming,&#8221; according to <strong>Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian<\/strong>. One called it a &#8220;hidden epidemic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He says no one had ever counted just how many suicides there are nationwide among those who had served in the military &#8212; until now.<\/p>\n<p>The five-month <strong>CBS News<\/strong> probe, based upon a detailed analysis of data obtained from death records from 2004 and 2005, found that veterans were more than twice as likely to commit suicide in 2005 as non-vets.<\/p>\n<p>A recent Veteran Affairs Department estimate says some 5,000 ex-servicemen and women will commit suicide this year, largely as a result of mental health issues, and Keteyian says, &#8220;Our numbers are much higher than that, overall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS News Some of America&#8217;s 25 million veterans face their biggest fight when they return home from the battlefield &#8212; when they take on mental illness. 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