VA covers up suicide epidemic?

Coeloptera · 04-21-2008, 10:34 PM

VA Hid Suicide Risk, Internal E-Mails Show, Follow-Up Reporting On Exclusive Investigation Reveals Officials Hid Numbers - CBS News

From the article: "But in this e-mail to his top media advisor, written two months ago, Katz appears to be saying something very different, stating: 'Our suicide prevention coordinators are identifying about 1,000 suicide attempts per month among veterans we see in our metical facilities.'"

What. The. Hell?!

Read this. If this is true, it's abominable behavior from the VA.

More: "Last November when CBS News exposed an epidemic of more than 6,200 suicides in 2005 among those who had served in the military, Katz attacked our report.

'Their number is not, in fact, an accurate reflection of the rate,' he said last November.

But it turns out they were, as Katz admitted in this e-mail, just three days later.

He wrote: there 'are about 18 suicides per day among America's 25 million veterans.'"

1,000 per month? That seems unreal...

- Coeloptera

billy · 04-21-2008, 10:44 PM

there are 11 suicides out of 100,000 people per capita in the u.s. annually
so doesn't that work out to a little over twice the national average?

04-21-2008, 10:34 PM	#1
Coeloptera Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 3,561	VA covers up suicide epidemic? VA Hid Suicide Risk, Internal E-Mails Show, Follow-Up Reporting On Exclusive Investigation Reveals Officials Hid Numbers - CBS News From the article: "But in this e-mail to his top media advisor, written two months ago, Katz appears to be saying something very different, stating: 'Our suicide prevention coordinators are identifying about 1,000 suicide attempts per month among veterans we see in our metical facilities.'" What. The. Hell?! Read this. If this is true, it's abominable behavior from the VA. More: "Last November when CBS News exposed an epidemic of more than 6,200 suicides in 2005 among those who had served in the military, Katz attacked our report. 'Their number is not, in fact, an accurate reflection of the rate,' he said last November. But it turns out they were, as Katz admitted in this e-mail, just three days later. He wrote: there 'are about 18 suicides per day among America's 25 million veterans.'" 1,000 per month? That seems unreal... - Coeloptera

04-21-2008, 10:44 PM	#2
billy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 20,492 Blog Entries: 161	there are 11 suicides out of 100,000 people per capita in the u.s. annually so doesn't that work out to a little over twice the national average? __________________ ANGRY SMART AND SOBER