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DOD Suicide Prevention Office Announces New Executive Order

  • Defense.gov
  • Aug. 28, 2019 | 19:41

Karin Orvis, director of the Defense Department’s Suicide Prevention Office, discusses Executive Order 13822 on preventing suicide at the 2019 Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Suicide Prevention Conference in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 28, 2019. The conference is a three-day event where experts in the field come together to share research findings and practical experience on suicide prevention with each other to help prevent suicide within the military.