by Paul Baffico | Sep 14, 2021 | Care and Support Areas, News
LCVFSF Fights Veteran Hunger with the Help of AbbVie and The Bob Woodruff Foundation Even before Covid began taking its toll, food insecurity challenged many Veterans and their loved ones. Covid-related financial pressures have made it even harder for some to put...
by Paul Baffico | Jul 19, 2021 | News
Some combat experiences — like ambushes or killing a civilian — more closely linked to suicide, study finds A years-long study of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans found three combat experiences most closely linked with suicidal behavior. The report explores a wide...
by Paul Baffico | Jun 30, 2021 | News
The men sitting in the conference room at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic in Mare Island, Calif., are all Vietnam veterans in their late 60s and early 70s. After suffering for decades from panic attacks, nightmares, flashbacks, anger and other assorted...
by admin | Nov 24, 2020 | News
Veterans have a significantly higher suicide rate than other adults in the U.S. This means Veterans are also more likely to have known someone who took their own life. Uniting for Suicide Postvention (USPV) helps make sense of a suicide loss. The program connects...
