Psychology & Psychiatry

APNewsBreak: Military suicides drop; unclear why (Update)

Suicides across the U.S. military have dropped by more than 22 percent this year, defense officials said, amid an array of new programs targeting what the Defense Department calls an epidemic that took more service members' ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

2012 US military suicides hit a record high of 349

Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan, and some private experts are predicting the dark trend will worsen this year.