Battling the Storm Within

Monday, June 1, 2015

How military culture induces military suicide

Today’s medical challenges equivalent to the bacterial infections of a century earlier include mental health, depression and suicide.

American society has devolved to a point where 1 in 4 people say they have no one to talk to about personal tragedies, while research shows that loneliness can lead to depression, a lack of sleep, an increase in stress hormones and a less meaningful life. We may lack Fleming’s petri dish, but the following question can still be posited with regard to military suicide: If a solution to military suicide already exists, what mental shift is necessary to perceive it?


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https://medium.com/@darryldiptee/how-military-culture-induces-military-suicide-1bdaa17e13fe

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