Military Suicides Increase During Coronavirus Pandemic, Army Officials Say – By Mary Rose Corkey (Daily Caller) / Sept 28 2020
Military suicides have gone up 20% in comparison to the same time last year while the Army active duty suicides specifically have gone up 30%, officials said, according to The Associated Press.
The increased numbers come as service members grapple with deployments, the coronavirus, national disasters and civil unrest, the AP reported. Army and Air Force officials said they believe the pandemic adds additional stress to a strained force.
“I can’t say scientifically, but what I can say is – I can read a chart and a graph, and the numbers have gone up in behavioral health related issues,” Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told the AP during an interview.
Referring to violent behavior, suicides going up and murders, McCarthy added, “We cannot say definitively it is because of COVID. But there is a direct correlation from when COVID started, the numbers actually went up.”
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