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Suicide, Veterans, and How a Simple Idea Is Trying to Combat a Crisis

As the nation continues to confront an epidemic of suicide, we explore the promising work of Dr. Jerry Motto, who in the 1960s, pioneered a simple, yet surprisingly successful method of treatment that is being implemented today. 1960s: researchers followed up on hospitalizations by sending patients “caring letters.” militarymedicine Anne Checler Sarah Weiser Noah Madoff