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#auspol when you debate the #ScoMoCommission in the coming days remember your obligations and why you are MPs....
We need the light shone on #VeteranSuicides in this country. No more cover-ups and closed hearings. No more hiding behind the unintended consequences of legislation that impacts on the mental stress of veterans
No more hiding behind your human shield Veteran MPs who know that the #VeteransRCNow is the ethical, moral and just course of action. 
1. Screening + Drug Treatment = Increase in #Veteran #Suicides. Report co-published @Mad_In_America w/Robert Whitaker. Model of care causing suicide epidemic #vha madinamerica.com/2019/11/screen… @TaskandPurpose @MilitaryTimes @NBCNews @HouseVetAffairs @VetAffairsDems @VAChair @SVACDems
@Mad_In_America @TaskandPurpose @MilitaryTimes @NBCNews @HouseVetAffairs @VetAffairsDems @VAChair @SVACDems 2. Suicide rates for 18-34 year-old #veterans using #VHA for care have INCREASED BY 144% over 12 year period. #veteransuicides #veteransday @VFWHQ @AmericanLegion @AmericanMD @NBCNightlyNews @VickyNguyenTV @studentvets @iava @MinorityVets @AMVETSHQ @zachiscol @PaulSzoldra
@Mad_In_America @TaskandPurpose @MilitaryTimes @NBCNews @HouseVetAffairs @VetAffairsDems @VAChair @SVACDems @VFWHQ @AmericanLegion @AmericanMD @NBCNightlyNews @VickyNguyenTV @studentvets @iava @MinorityVets @AMVETSHQ @zachiscol @PaulSzoldra 3. Age adjusted #suicide rates for #VHA using vets nearly 20% higher than for non-VHA using vets. Crude suicide rates 32% higher @Hassan7Anthony @PaulRieckhoff
