Our Blog on Veteran Suicide, PTSD Therapies, and Related Topics Helpful to Our Veteran Families
Postvention Services Also Helps For Intervention and Prevention of Veteran Suicide
Postvention deals with help immediately after a suicide, but the strategies and tactics cross over to help with prevention and intervention.
Our New Year’s Resolution – Stop Veteran Suicide
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day see a spike in suicides. With COVID keeping us apart, you need to find new ways to spot the same signs.
More Suicides During The Holidays Is a Myth
December is the lowest month for suicides across the nation. That’s good news for our Veteran families.
General Boykin Helps Launch Fundraiser for New Equine Therapy Service for Veterans with PTSD
Dave Barbush, Founder and CEO of Once A Soldier, will be the guest speaker at “A Night Under The Stars” fundraising event to raise funds for a new equine therapy service for Veterans with PTSD
Oregon and Canada Allow Psychedelic Mushrooms for PTSD
The new Oregon law will allow anyone age 21 or older who passes a screening to access the services for “personal development.”
$2,000 And A Thank You Note Is Not Enough
Once A Soldier hosted a one-of-a-kind speakers forum in St. Augustine called, “Positive Progress” featuring Representative John Rutherford and a father who lost a Veteran son.
Equine Therapy Is Off and Running
Hippotherapy, or horse therapy, is a new option for St. Augustine and north Florida Veterans and their families. HorsePlay and Once A Soldier make is possible.
When Is It My Turn?
When Melissa Gonzales hears of another Veteran suicide of someone she knew, she thinks to herself “when is it my turn?”
More Light Shed on Unaccounted Veteran Suicides
In Florida, state death certificates from 2014 to 2018 with DOD-verified service records reveals that 153 former service members who died by suicide were unaccounted in official records.
Archive of our Advocacy Blogs on Veteran Suicide
- November 25th Postvention Services Also Helps For Intervention and Prevention of Veteran Suicide (postvention, veteran suicide)
- November 21st Our New Year’s Resolution – Stop Veteran Suicide (Holiday, New Year's Day, veteran suicide)
- November 18th General Boykin Helps Launch Fundraiser for New Equine Therapy Service for Veterans with PTSD (equine therapy)
- November 17th Oregon and Canada Allow Psychedelic Mushrooms for PTSD (magic mushrooms, psychedelic treatment, PTSD therapy, veteran suicide)
- November 6th $2,000 And A Thank You Note Is Not Enough (PTSD therapy, veteran suicide, veteran suicide community, Veteran's Families)
- June 5th What Veterans Think of Their Service, Protests and the Flag (veteran suicide, veterans opinions)
- January 27th Dr. Bridgette Everhart Hardin’s Book of Surviving the Grief of Suicide (grieving, veteran suicide)
- December 5th OAS Advocates on H.R. 3495, Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act (advocacy, Representative John Rutherford, veteran suicide)
- October 2nd 2019 VA Report Cements Soldier Suicide as Veteran Suicide (Annual VA Suicide report, US Veterans Administration, veteran suicide)
- September 18th We Did It! A Bill for Our Families Is One Step Closer (Representative John Rutherford, veteran suicide)
- August 18th Tapping How-To Guide – Mental Health Therapy In Your Hands (PTSD therapy, tapping therapy)
- August 4th Once a Soldier Advocates to Rep. Rutherford’s Office (Rep John Rutherford, veteran suicide)
- June 28th An Illustrator’s Journey In and Out of “Shell Shock” (FU PTSD, George Withers, PTSD, shell shock)
- May 20th VA Not High on Medical Marijuana as PTSD Treatment for Veterans (medical marijuana, veteran suicide)
- May 13th Once a Soldier – The Voice of Veteran Families After a Soldier Suicide (Once a Soldier, soldier suicide, veteran suicide)
- May 4th Once a Soldier Rejects VA’s Position on Medical Marijuana Bills (US Veterans Administration, veteran suicide)
- February 13th Sunbelt Wellness Institute Ketamine-Infused PTSD Clinic (Blog, Ketamine, PTSD, PTSD therapy, veteran suicide)
- February 11th Should Jacksonville’s Veterans Memorial Arena Sell Naming Rights? (Blog, Veterans Memorial Arena)
- December 20th Once a Soldier on WJCT’s First Coast Connect (First Coast Connect, Jags Watch Party fundraiser, Melissa Ross, WJCT public radio)
- November 20th Coping After a Soldier Suicide – What Veteran Families Need to Know (suicide coping, veteran suicide)
- November 12th New Facebook Group Launches for Families of Veteran Suicide (suicide support group, veteran suicide)
- November 10th Veterans Administration Confirms Soldier Suicide is Mostly Veteran Suicide (US Veterans Administration, veteran suicide)
- November 2nd Research: Using Social Media Patterns to Identify Veterans at Risk for Suicide (suicide research, veteran suicide)
- October 15th Ken Amaro of First Coast News Visits Once a Soldier (Silver Lining Project, soldier suicide, US Veterans Administration, veteran suicide)
- October 15th Five Veterans Administration Patients Taking their Lives at VA Facilities (veteran suicide)
- October 15th Veterans Administration Veteran Suicides Making News Again (soldier suicide, VA parking lot suicides, veteran suicide)
- October 12th Assisted Living Benefits for Veterans – A Complete Guide (US Veterans Administration, veteran assisted living benefits, Veteran's Families)
- August 3rd Veterans: Consider Ditching the Veterans Administration for Obamacare (Affordable Care Act, veteran obamacare, veteran suicide)
- July 30th Veterans Administration Shooting Itself Over Improving (US Veterans Administration, veteran suicide)
- July 18th Now That He’s Dead, the Veteran’s Administration Offers Georgia Veteran Suicide Victim the Care He Needs (veteran suicide)
- February 8th 3 Reasons for Soldier Suicides in VA Parking Lots (FU PTSD, PTSD, soldier suicide, US Veterans Administration, VA parking lot suicides)
- January 11th A Soldier Suicide Survivor’s Guide to Your Benefits (department of defense, Veteran's Families)
- November 30th Successful Teen Suicide Prevention Story (suicide prevention, suicide prevention tips, veteran suicide)
- November 17th November 13-17 2017 – Veteran Suicide Prevention Week (Blog, Veteran Suicide Prevention Week 2017)
- November 1st Soldier Suicide Prevention Tips (suicide prevention, suicide prevention tips, veteran suicide)
- October 18th Silver Lining Project: Soldier Suicide Video Memorial Page (Silver Lining Project, soldier suicide)
- September 25th Soldier Suicide and Suicide Contagion – Let’s Stop This (soldier suicide, suicide contagion, veteran suicide)
