VA’s Suicide Prevention Program Adds Chat Service
The Suicide Prevention campaign of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is
expanding its outreach to all Veterans by piloting an online, one-to-one "chat service" for Veterans who prefer reaching
out for assistance using the Internet. Called "Veterans Chat," the new service enables Veterans, their families and
friends to go online where they can anonymously chat with a trained VA counselor. If a "chatter" is determined to be in a
crisis, the counselor can take immediate steps to transfer the person to the VA Suicide Prevention Hotline, where further
counseling and referral services are provided and crisis intervention steps can be taken. Read more...
