If I understand you correctly, I agree that treating veterans as if they’re guaranteed mentally ill and medicating them is a bad idea, and that peer support is one of the best ways to help those who have been significantly traumatized. On the other hand, if the incidence of suicide is significantly higher among veterans than among comparable non-veterans, it’s worth looking at the contributing factors and trying to reduce them.
For example, for all suicides, there’s a strong correlation with divorce/relationship breakup, substance abuse, and (other than teenagers) high levels of debt. If those factors are more common among veterans than among comparable non-veterans, then the DoD, the VA, private groups, or all of the above could work with active duty personnel and veterans on relationship skills, substance-abuse prevention, and financial management.
Fair enough...I believe you and I are on the same page...
No offense was ever intended, only a general sense of clarification was needed when I asked you for that...
Obviously SgtBob is going to be a hard nut to crack...He, like a few others do not immediately see what it is that I have seen and dealt with...And I have little time, or need to itemize out my credentials, nor would I expect anyone that does not know me personally, outside the Texas board, to believe any of my past experiences...