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CAUSE OF DEATH FOR THAT PARTICULAR AGE GROUP IN OUR TIME RIGHT NOW IS 505. AND THE BIRMINGHAM VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR VETERANS DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. �������� THIRTEEN’S. PATSY DOUGLAS IS LIVE AND LOCAL FOR US WITH MORE ON THIS PATSY, WHY IS THIS HELP NEEDED SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. OR SOCIAL WORKERS SAY THEY SEE EVERY DAY VETERANS DEALING WITH ISOLATION AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THIS IS WHY THEY WANT TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES TO THEM. A RECENT RESEARCH THAT THEY FOUND IS THAT 17 VETERANS DIE OF SUICIDE PER DAY IN ALABAMA. THE VETERANS SUICIDE RATE IS EVEN HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL VETERAN AVERAGE. LOCAL LEADER IS HOPING THEIR NEW INITIATIVE WILL HELP ENCOURAGE VETERANS TO SEEK SUPPORT DURING THEIR LIFE CHALLENGES. SO IF WE CAN GET THEM THE TREATMENT THEY NEED FOR THAT, FOR THAT BOTTOM LINE. SO FOR THE DEPRESSION OR THE PTSD OR THEIR ISOLATION, ISOLATION, THEN WE CAN HELP CURB THOSE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS IN THE VETERANS. NOW, DURING THE EVENT TODAY, STARTING AT 10 A.M., THEY WILL LEARN ABOUT THE PACT ACT, AND THAT WAS INITIATED EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND THAT’S WHEN VETERANS CAN FIND ANY LOCAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, ANY LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. OF COURSE, THAT INFORMATION IAN WILL BE AT TODAY’S EVENT STARTING AT 10 A.M. HERE AT THE