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Hotel trains workers to help reduce veteran suicides

Hotel trains workers to help reduce veteran suicides

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Veterans are 1.5 times more likely than the general population to die by suicide, with an average of 20 veterans killing themselves every day. To help combat this crisis, Innisfree Hotels has launched its own internal initiative to train employees working with veterans or those with mental health issues with the help …

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Mental seizures excluded from some state abortion exemptions

Mental seizures excluded from some state abortion exemptions

By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Editor Mental health advocates say there’s a cruel quirk in several states’ abortion bans: There are exemptions for life-threatening emergencies, but psychiatric crises don’t count. It makes no sense to an Arizona mother of three who became suicidal during her fourth pregnancy and says an abortion saved her life. Or …

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