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Report details magnitude of suicide among Oregon vets

May 12, 2014
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A new 17-page report provides numbers and rates of suicide by Oregon veterans from 2008 to 2012.  Some key points from the report: Suicide is the leading cause of death among veterans under 45 years of age. Between 2008 and 2012, veterans constituted 8.7 percent of Oregon’s population, but accounted for approximately 23 percent of […]

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Obama: End stigma, bring mental illness ‘out of the shadows’

June 15, 2013
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By Nedra Pickler, The Associated Press, June 3, 2013 President Barack Obama on Monday called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue “out of the shadows.” Speaking at the opening session of a White House conference on mental health, the president said his goal […]

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