Yale: Despite Concerns, Pandemic Did Not Increase Suicidal Thoughts in Veterans
August 26, 2021
August 26, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 26 (TNSRes) -- Yale University issued the following news release:
Many public health experts feared the COVID-19 pandemic would cause an increase in suicidal behavior among U.S. military veterans, a group that already has high rates of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder and which experienced a 30% surge in suicides between 2010 and 2018.
New evidence, however, suggests that during the first eight months of the pandemic that did not . . .
Many public health experts feared the COVID-19 pandemic would cause an increase in suicidal behavior among U.S. military veterans, a group that already has high rates of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder and which experienced a 30% surge in suicides between 2010 and 2018.
New evidence, however, suggests that during the first eight months of the pandemic that did not . . .