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Transcript of Veterans' Suicide
Ashley Schellhase
5/6/10
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WHY is suicide a choice?
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low self esteem
NO HOPE for the future
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Number of Suicides Per 100,000 Soldiers in the US Army
Number of Suicides Per 100,000 Soldiers
Data from http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/15/soldier.suicide/index.html
"Dear mom and dad, I can not express my
apologies in words for the pain I have
caused you, but I beg for your forgiveness…”
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“I beg of you not to blame yourself
because I lived a happy childhood
and a great life thanks to you…”
“It feels as if I lost the most important part of my life
that will ever exist…"
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“Secured in his jacket were
twelve cyanide tablets:
one for each crew member,
in case they were shot down.”
(Bradley, 182)
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18 SUICIDES A DAY
How to stop it?
Wiley - Blackwell (2009, August 26). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Primary Suicide Risk Factor For Veterans. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 24, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2009/08/090825151341.htm
Http://www.thisisrumorcontrol.org/node/1360. "Jeffrey's Letter." daretodreamnetwork.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 May 2010. <http://www.daretodreamnetwork.net/jeffrey.htm>.
Reinberg, Steven. "With Depression, Vets Face Higher Suicide Risk." HealthDayNews 12 Jan. 2010: n. pag. Web. 30 Apr. 2010. <http://abcnews.go.com/ Health/Healthday/story?id=6629354&page=1>.
"San Fransico Suicide Prevention." sfsuicide.org. N.p., 18 Nov. 2008. Web. 30 Apr. 2010. <http://www.sfsuicide.org/html/warning.html>.
"SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS IS VITAL WHEN THEY COME MARCHING HOME.(Editorial)." Global Issues in Context. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2 Aug. 2007. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. <http://find.galegroup.com/gic/ infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=GIC&docId=C J126575180&source=gale&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0>.
Thurston, John. E-mail interview. 25 Apr. 2010.
Duckworth, Tammy. "18 Veterans Die of Suicide Daily." CNN. N.p., 30 Apr. 2010. Web. 6 May 2010. <http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/04/30/ am.helping.americas.heroes.cnn?iref=allsearch>.