Could Vitamins Lower Veterans' Suicide Risk?

Reuters
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study fatty acids veteran suicide



By Harriet McLeod

A new $10 million, three-year study will investigate whether daily doses of a common dietary supplement could help curb the number of suicides among military personnel and veterans, researchers said on Monday.

The study, set to begin in South Carolina in January, is part of the Defense Department's heightened focus on suicide prevention as the number of service members attempting to take their own lives has risen.

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