Report says Fayetteville VA failed vets at high risk of suicide

[unhappycamper]

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2013/02/03/1234600?sac=fo.military

Report says Fayetteville VA failed vets at high risk of suicide
By Drew Brooks
Published: 11:09 AM, Sun Feb 03, 2013

A recent government audit of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center shows that the VA failed to properly check on veterans considered high suicide risks after releasing them from the hospital.

The audit precedes a report released Friday that says the vast majority of veterans seeking help from the VA who attempt suicide do so within a month of a hospital visit.

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It found the VA noncompliant in two areas dealing with mental health - workers failed to property follow up with patients in accordance with Veterans Health Administration policy and did not document attempts to contact patients who failed to appear for scheduled appointments.

According to the audit, nine of 10 patients who were on the high risk for suicide list did not receive sufficient follow-ups.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Thanks for posting this. There was absolutely nothing about this on the local news. They're

busy running some 'pro-life' woman telling us how a 6 week old fetus' heartbeat is the same as ours.

[unhappycamper]

2. Thanks - finding this stuff can be laborious. n/t

[Victor_c3]

3. I'll second the "thank you" to you

I read almost all of the articles that you post on the Veterans group even if I don't always post a comment.

You find and bring a lot of good articles out of the woodwork.