密苏里州设立新部门 打击高老兵自杀率 任命第一预防经理 Missouri launches new department to combat high veteran suicide rates, appoints first prevention manager.

密苏里州的老兵自杀率最高, 每年有近200人死亡, 密苏里州成立新部门来解决这个问题。 Missouri, facing one of the nation's highest veteran suicide rates with nearly 200 deaths annually, has launched a new department to tackle the issue. 国家任命Lindsey Ward(前海军和社会学毕业生)为首任退伍军人自杀预防主管。 The state appointed Lindsey Ward, a former Marine and sociology graduate, as its first Veterans Suicide Prevention Manager. 该部旨在查明并消除退伍军人在获得心理健康支助方面所面临的障碍,并计划提出在7月1日前减少自杀人数的想法。 The department aims to identify and eliminate barriers that veterans face in accessing mental health support and plans to present ideas to reduce suicide numbers by July 1st.