Some sad guy jumps to his death from the 18th floor of the Aqua building downtown, and one of the first comments posted in response to the Press-Telegram’s report of the incident Sunday suggests that the owner of the condo complex is somehow to blame—that there ought to have been security measures that would have [...]

Suicide rates go up 20%, while attempted suicide/self-injury rates jump sixfold

More details to be found here.

My God, can you imagine what the numbers would be if we didn’t have all those yellow ribbon magnets?

I haven’t fully digested this piece, but it seemed important enough to warrant immediate transfer to the Daily Briefing. The upshot: many, many more war U.S. veterans commit suicide daily than die in hostile action [...]