An investigation by CBS News has uncovered an epidemic in suicides among U.S. military veterans — 120 per week in 2005:
One study found that 120 veterans per week have committed suicide. Another found that veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population.
That’s 6,256 veteran suicides in one year, in 45 states - a rate twice that of other Americans, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports…
During a five-month investigation, the CBS News investigative team uncovered what amounts to a hidden “epidemic” of suicide among the men and women who have served their country …
Among the CBS News findings: