Suicide hot line got calls from 22,000 veterans
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/...eteran_suicide

"More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year."

"The VA estimates that every year 6,500 veterans take their own lives. The mental health director for the VA, Ira Katz, said in an e-mail last December that of the 18 veterans who commit suicide each day, four to five of them are under VA care, and 12,000 veterans under VA care are attempting suicide each year."