16 represents a slight decline from the 20 military suicides reported in 2019, which was the largest number in five years
Lars Hagberg/The Canadian PressThat represents a slight decline from the 20 military suicides reported in 2019, which was the largest number in five years.
A survey of nearly 20,000 Armed Forces members last spring also saw about one-third of troops report that their mental health had deteriorated during the pandemic, but only one in 10 had received some form of care. The federal government introduced a suicide-prevention strategy for military personnel and veterans in 2017 after a rash of suicides during the last few years of the war in Afghanistan cast a spotlight on the issue.
That included adding more medical staff, training personnel on how to respond if someone shows warning signs for suicide and introducing new measures to ease the transition to civilian life for those leaving the Forces.Yet while dozens of initiatives associated with the strategy have been implemented, a number remain works in progress.
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