Military Suicides
including improvement of access to mental health care. Among the topics addressed were providing adequate support for soldiers and their families, embedding mental health professionals with units in the field, and recruiting more mental health providers.
Brigadier General Loree Sutton is the director of the Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Witnesses testified about suicides among U.S. service members and initiatives within the Department of Defense to prevent military suicides,… read more
Witnesses testified about suicides among U.S. service members and initiatives within the Department of Defense to prevent military suicides,
including improvement of access to mental health care. Among the topics addressed were providing adequate support for soldiers and their families, embedding mental health professionals with units in the field, and recruiting more mental health providers.
Brigadier General Loree Sutton is the director of the Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury. close
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