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  • Sucide Prevention: Suicide Myth No. 2

    Suicide Myth No. 2: Most suicides happen suddenly without warning.Truth: 80 percent of suicides have been preceded by warning signs, whether verbal or behavioral. These signals often include making a joke or threat about suicide, making a reference to being dead, or giving away treasured

  • Sucide Prevention: Suicide Myth No. 2

    Suicide Myth No. 2: Most suicides happen suddenly without warning.Truth: 80 percent of suicides have been preceded by warning signs, whether verbal or behavioral. These signals often include making a joke or threat about suicide, making a reference to being dead, or giving away treasured

  • Suicide Myth #1

    Myth no. 1: Once someone is suicidal, he or she will always remain suicidal.Most suicidal people are desperately seeking a way out of unbearable emotional pain and are ambivalent about ending their own lives. Heightened suicide risk is often short-term and situation-specific. While suicidal thoughts

  • Suicide Prevention Month: A reminder of our 24/7/365 responsibility

    All Airmen have a responsibility that lasts much longer than a one-month campaign. This responsibility extends beyond ourselves and includes our work environment, our families, friends, fellow Airmen and our communities. While Suicide Prevention Month is observed across the United States in

  • Suicide Prevention: Suicide Myth No. 3

    Suicide Myth No. 3: People who attempt suicide and survive are just seeking attention; they seldom ever try it again.Truth: At some level, all suicide attempts are cries for help by individuals experiencing a high degree of desperation. It is important to treat all attempts as serious. Once an

  • Suicide Prevention: Suicide Myth No. 3

    Suicide Myth No. 3: People who attempt suicide and survive are just seeking attention; they seldom ever try it again.Truth: At some level, all suicide attempts are cries for help by individuals experiencing a high degree of desperation. It is important to treat all attempts as serious. Once an

  • Suicide Prevention: Suicide Myth No. 4

    Suicide Myth No. 4 MYTH: Suicides happen fast, and usually as the result of one sudden traumatic event, so there isn't anything you can do prevent them..

  • Suicide Prevention: Suicide Myth No. 4

    Suicide Myth No. 4 MYTH: Suicides happen fast, and usually as the result of one sudden traumatic event, so there isn't anything you can do prevent them..

  • Summer hire season is just around the corner

    With summer just around the corner, now is the time to apply for temporary positions with the Air Force.Annually, federal agencies post summer opening announcements for positions that range from office clerk to food service worker and more. Participation in the program varies from base to base, but

  • Summer jobs available at Air Force bases worldwide

    Students and certain other eligible persons can gain marketable skills and earn money while enjoying their summer vacations, thanks to the Air Force Summer Hire Program, according to Air Force Personnel Center officials here. "These great temporary jobs will run from May through September," said

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