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NAVADMIN 192/03
 
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SUBJ/NEW NAVY SUICIDE PREVENTION VIDEO//
 
RMKS/1.  POST-DEPLOYMENT STRESS HAS BEEN LINKED TO DEPRESSION,
ADJUSTMENT DIFFICULTIES, RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS, AND SUICIDE.  AS
OUR SAILORS CONTINUE TO RETURN FROM OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, A NEW
TRAINING VIDEO ON SUICIDE PREVENTION HAS BEEN RELEASED BY NAVAL
EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND (NETC) AND NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND,
AND IS NOW REQUIRED GENERAL MILITARY TRAINING (GMT) VIEWING.
THIS NEW VIDEO HAS ALREADY WON BOTH NATIONAL MEDIA AND CNO
LEVEL AWARDS AND IS AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH LOCAL FLEET AND
FAMILY SUPPORT CENTERS.
 
2.  SAILORS RETURNING FROM DEPLOYMENTS OFTEN CONFRONT NEW, AS WELL
AS EXISTING PROBLEMS.  SOME SAILORS WILL BE OVERWHELMED, BUT WILL
NOT SEEK HELP WITH THEIR ISSUES.  OFTEN PROBLEMS THAT COULD HAVE
EASILY BEEN SOLVED, SUBSEQUENTLY SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL, LEADING TO
BEHAVIORAL DIFFICULTIES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND
EVEN SUICIDE.
 
3.  ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION,
20 PERCENT OF OUR NATION'S YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A HISTORY OF
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.  WE ALSO KNOW SUICIDE IS A PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS
YOUNG AND OLD, OFFICER AND ENLISTED.  EIGHTY-FOUR PERCENT OF
SAILORS WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE EXPERIENCED ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS;
64 PERCENT HAD RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS; 42 PERCENT ACTUALLY
COMMUNICATED SUICIDAL INTENT OR A WISH TO DIE; 13 PERCENT HAD
A PREVIOUS HISTORY OF AT LEAST ONE SUICIDE ATTEMPT.  THE OVER
ARCHING LESSON IS THAT SHIPMATES NEED TO TAKE ALL SUICIDE THREATS
SERIOUSLY AND TO INTERVENE PROACTIVELY WHEN WARNING SIGNS APPEAR.
 
4.  THIS NEW VIDEO ADDRESSES EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR
BOTH SHIPMATES AND FAMILY MEMBERS.  IT ALSO IDENTIFIES THE SPECIFIC
RISK FACTORS FOR MURDER-SUICIDES, A PROBLEM IN BOTH MILITARY AND
CIVILIAN POPULATIONS, WHICH IS OFTEN PRECEDED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
 
5.  THE NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND SUICIDE PREVENTION POC IS
CDR KEVIN KENNEDY, PERS-601, AT COMM (901) 874-4256/DSN 882 OR
EMAIL:  P601B@PERSNET.NAVY.MIL.  THE NEW SUICIDE PREVENTION GMT
MATERIALS AND SUBJECT VIDEO MAY BE OBTAINED BY VISITING THE NETC
WEB SITE
HTTPS:(DOUBLE SLASH)WWW.CNET.NAVY.MIL/CNET/GMT/GMT03/GMT_03.HTM
OR BY EMAIL: GMT.DISTRIBUTION@CNET.NAVY.MIL.
 
6.  RELEASED BY VADM A. G. HARMS, JR., DIRECTOR OF NAVAL EDUCATION
AND TRAINING, N00T.//
 
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