U.S. Military Tackles High Rate of Suicides With an App

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More U.S. military service members have died from suicide than enemy fire, roadside bombs and injuries sustained during combat this year.

One strategy medical health practitioners use to redirect a distressed individual’s attention towards wanting to live is creating a “hope box.” Doctors and patients work together to fill a shoe box with reminders of reasons to live. It becomes a repository of images and important items that reminds them of loved ones, accomplishments and future aspirations.

A Virtual Hope Box app could make the “hope box” portable and accessible to service members who are deployed or veterans who live far away from V.A. hospitals and clinics where counseling services are available.

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