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KUCHING, Sept 12 It is high time for Malaysia to repeal Section 309 of the Penal Code which criminalises those who made suicide attempts, said psychiatrist Dr Ravivarma Rao Panirselvam. The psychiatry expert from Miri Hospital said suicide attempts have drawn a lot of attention on social media. ....
Veterans. and we have particular issues among the veteran community. we have suicide issues, we ve got 20 veteran suicides a day are estimated. and the opioid crisis is also hitting veterans so there are real needs. this isn t like it s all taken care of, it s okay, let s have a parade. sure. those two issues are hitting the veteran population at a disproportionate rate compared to civilian counterparts. if you re in iraq or afghanistan or syria and you get blown up by an ied, you re going to have some serious issues that need to be addressed. when you re looking at chronic pain and traumatic brain injury and the relief that comes from that through different methods, you know, it s all very serious. we continue to have a veteran homelessness problem in this country. we do. most people say homelessness is bad, but the idea that we ve got a homeless population represented in large numbers as people on the street is kind of remarkable. we ve seen that number start ticking up a ....