Announcements

Caring can save a life?!

September 28, 2017  Louisville, Tennessee September 28th was a memorable day for us.  Thanks to training of TSPN Eastern Tennessee Suicide Prevention Coordinator Amy Dolinky, one of the techniques she taught us in December 2015 may have saved a life.  We were taught to ask an attendee who is leaving the session to give a…

VA Asks “WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT VETERAN SUICIDE?”

September 27, 2017  STATEMENT OF JOHN D. DAIGH, JR., M.D., CPA ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR HEALTHCARE INSPECTIONS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE HEARING ON  “#BETHERE: WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT VETERAN SUICIDE?” The data showed that an average of 20 veterans died by…

The Vietnam War 10 part series on PBS – Watch out for triggers

September 15, 2017 PBS Vietnam War TV series and the Wall That Heals This past Sunday 9/17/17 East Tennessee PBS began the broadcast of “The Vietnam War”, a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.  Additionally, “The Wall That Heals” a traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica and mobile education center will…