"Creating Mission Daybreak VA has struggled to bring down the overall veteran suicide rate, with the number of retired servicemembers who have died by suicide remaining largely unchanged since 2008: roughly 6,500 veterans each year, or more than 17 each day. Over roughly the same time period, research has also shown a growing disparity in mental health care outcomes for veterans who do not engage with the VHA, as compared with those who do."
"Although the Department of Veterans Affairs has been working to enhance its suicide prevention initiatives in recent years, including through the use of some artificial intelligence tools and predictive models to identify retired servicemembers at high risk of self-harm, these efforts have primarily focused on veterans engaged with the department. But in statistics provided to Nextgov/FCW, VA Press Secretary Pete Kasperowicz noted that approximately"
VA has focused suicide prevention on veterans engaged with its services, deploying artificial intelligence tools and predictive models to identify those at high risk of self-harm. Approximately 60% of retired servicemembers who died by suicide had not used Veterans Health Administration care in the two years before death. VA is working to engage and support outside organizations developing innovative mental health solutions to assist veterans outside its network. Overall veteran suicide numbers have remained largely unchanged since 2008, about 6,500 deaths annually. Research shows a widening disparity in outcomes for veterans not connected to VHA, with non-VA-treated veterans experiencing sharply rising suicide rates since 2001.
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