Stop Soldier Suicide

Special thank you to everyone who joined our 30 Day Mental Wellness Challenge event this month! 13 company teams and 74 participants from all across the country came together to raise more than $45,000 for our mission and help provide more than 650 hours of life-saving care to veterans and service members. Our next event, the Never Walk Alone Challenge, is coming up in September for National Suicide Prevention Month. Is your company or employee resource group ready to make an impact together? You can sign up to learn more here: https://lnkd.in/giDbCjgv

If someone tells you they’re experiencing suicidal thoughts, it’s essential to know when to get help. Read our blog post to learn how to assess risk, what to do in a crisis, and what you can do to help in a more passive situation: https://lnkd.in/ePNRZkXX #WellnessWednesday #MHAM #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

Thank you to the The American Association of Suicidology for including Stop Soldier Suicide in the speaker lineup for its 57th Annual Conference in Las Vegas. We were grateful for the opportunity to present in May about Black Box Project as well as suicide risk communication and intervention preferences for veterans and service members. Similar to the black box used to determine the cause of a plane crash, Black Box Project is Stop Soldier Suicide’s forensic data analysis project that leverages artificial intelligence to identify and analyze clinically meaningful data from digital devices of veterans who died by suicide. Our digital forensics experts and data science partners are working to develop machine learning models that can identify never-before-known suicide risk patterns. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dbRv57qe #suicidality #suicidology #suicide #mentalhealth #veterans

In an effort to honor his brother Mike, a Navy veteran who died by suicide on Memorial Day in 2017, Chris Stephens started his own fundraiser, Miles for Mike. For the last seven years, Chris (a marketing coordinator at Stop Soldier Suicide) has been running "meaningful miles" in the mountains, on hiking trails, and at marathons and 5Ks to raise funds for Stop Soldier Suicide. Recently, Chris's efforts were recognized by News Channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and he accepted a $500 donation from Channel 9 and McMahan Law Firm. Watch the coverage here: https://lnkd.in/gRR6k9nF The Stop Soldier Suicide team is so proud to be a part of Chris's journey and to help honor Mike's memory in the work we do. #MHAM #MHAM2024 #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

We are deeply grateful to the @Lundbeck US Charitable Fund for its $1.1 million donation to Stop Soldier Suicide. Their incredible contribution will help us scale our suicide-specific support and deliver thousands of hours of evidence-based services for some of the most at-risk U.S. veterans and service members. This Mental Health Awareness Month, we applaud the more than 400 corporate partners who are helping us provide free mental health and wellness care for veterans and service members. Lundbeck US Charitable Fund announced this funding in November 2023, and we are receiving funds throughout the course of 2024-2026. Learn more about their contribution: https://lnkd.in/g4xeYUsz

In the ceremony of Memorial Day – parades and wreaths and barbecues and flags – the focus is often on “the heroes of battle,” making it easy to gloss over those whom we’ve also lost to suicide. But, the reality is that we lose far more U.S. service members and veterans to suicide than we do to enemies foreign or domestic. Suicide doesn’t change their service to our country. This weekend, we honor those who gave their lives to the cause of freedom and the security of our nation–both in the course of battle and in bearing the burden of their service. Read more in our latest post here: https://lnkd.in/ge6GAzPA #MemorialDay #MHAM #MHAM2024 #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

Have you been looking for ways to better manage your stress? Join us this Thursday, May 23, at 1 pm ET for our ONLY public webinar for Mental Health Awareness Month. We'll be joined by one of our in-house licensed clinicians as well as members of our corporate partnerships team. Learn what mindfulness is and how it works, find ways to address your stressors, plus hear how you can support veterans and others who may be struggling with their mental health (inside and outside the workplace). Register now, seats are limited: https://lnkd.in/eZkPsFtN #MHAM2024 #MHAM #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

"Are you thinking about suicide?" Talking openly about suicide dismantles stigma, reminds people they have a support system, and creates space for people to share what they are feeling. In our latest blog post, we share some critical tips for how to have a conversation about suicide and keep our friends and loved ones safe. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e94ETWmV

On this National Mental Health Provider Appreciation Day, we are honored to be able to recognize our outstanding team of Wellness Coordinators who work to support more than a thousand veterans and service members across the nation each year. They serve beyond themselves to offer hope and healing to our clients who are most in need, which deserves more than just a simple day or thank you. We hope they feel valued and know the importance of their work today and every day.

Our military connections at Stop Soldier Suicide run deep. Many of our staff are military spouses or part of military families, and their unique vantage point of military service makes us stronger. Celebrating our staff military spouses today, and always, for their service to our organization. 🇺🇸