U.S. Navy works to address recent string of suicides in the ranks
The Navy recently issued a Mental Health Playbook to facilitate mental health conversations between commanders and their sailors.
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The Navy recently issued a Mental Health Playbook to facilitate mental health conversations between commanders and their sailors.
The Pentagon starts to implement a law that requires the provision of mental health services for help-seeking troops amid a soaring number of suicide cases among active-duty American forces.
The act is named after Brandon Caserta, the 21-year-old sailor who committed suicide at the US Naval Air Station Norfolk back in June 2018 after informing his parents and friends that he was constantly being hazed and bullied in the Navy.
Service members who desire mental health care will now have greater access to help and an evaluation through their chain of command, according to a Pentagon policy announced Friday.
The Pentagon is moving forward with a series of changes to mental health care access required by a 2021 law that was passed in memory of a sailor who killed himself in 2018 after receiving little help from leaders.