I've been interested with the recent discussion of suicides among iraq war vets given that my son is on his third year-long deployment over there. He asked me for some stats because as far as he knows, this is mostly an over-reaction.
Well, I started to surf the web to find some concrete stats. I can't find any. Here is one headline: Suicide Attempts for Vets Jump 500% in Five Years but no source for the information. Now I'm a bit suspicious. I know some of you are better at finding these things than I am, particularly Mike P. Can you find anything? Also, I'd like to know how the stats compare to say, 15 years ago for the military and also to the general public right now. There may be more going on here and I'm always worried about how stats are being (mis)used. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
