Awareness of Suicide Prevention Programs Among U.S. Military Veterans

Jack Tsai1,2,3, Meghan Snitkin4, Louis Trevisan5,6

  • 1U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, West Haven, CT, USA. Jack.Tsai@yale.edu.

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