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(00:26):
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Speaker 3 (00:54):
Chuck Ingram on fifty five KR. See the talk station.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Three fifty five KRS Talk station and very happy Friday
Eve to you. After the top of the air news
since a candidate, We're counsel. Linda Matthews wrote a great
op ed in Sunday's Inquiry in the meantime, Welcome back
to the fifty five KRC Morning Show. Rumors of retirement premature,
Steve Belzo, executive director. Somebody told me this was it.
You were like moving on, Like wait, wait, that's news
to me.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
I have no other direction. There's a stop sign in
my office, so I don't know where else i'd be going.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Well, I'm glad. It's great news to my years.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I don't know how I give this up.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
Brian exactly, you once a month and coming in and
talk about these these programs that we have and veterans
that are close to my.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Heart and proof in the putting you at we're actually
doing some good here. Somebody reached out to you after
you were on last time. Yeah, let me get a
shout out to Roy there.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Roy was listening to the program last month and I
said something potentially not one hundred percent true, and it
was good for him to call the office and go, Steve,
I want to talk to you let's talk about the
garden reserves, and there's some issues around compensation and healthcare.
So I'm doing a deep dive right now because the
mantra is the garden reserves get nothing, but that's not
(02:05):
necessarily so, so a future episode we'll get on with
you wonderful we'll talk about what that impact is and
the sphere of what comes into play.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Well, it warms my heart that this segment and we
talk about veterans issues and I think they're so damn
important and all the work that you do at the
Clermont Cutty Veteran Services that someone I always feel in
the back of my mind that someone out there is
hearing it and is benefiting from it, is going to
sign up for their VA benefits, is going to get
perhaps the mental health services that they need. And of
course today's topic, sadly it's suicide Awareness Month. That we
(02:38):
have to have a month about it is one thing,
but the fact that veterans have a much higher suicide
rate is another. And joining you today in studio, it's
wonderful to meet Lisa Liston, who's the suicide prevention coordinator
at the Cincinti VA. Lisa, it's a pleasure to have
you in the studio.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Thank you, Brian. It's a pleasure to be here. Tough topic,
it is, but there's good news on the horizon and
that's what excites me. Oh well, fantastic, because I think
sometimes we need to start focusing on all the people
that do recover from suicidal thoughts. You know, we can
get really focused on statistics, and those are important and
they are helpful. They drive where we're headed. But at
(03:14):
the same time, we have a lot of people or
veterans that come to the Cincinnati Via they get the
services they need and are doing well. How do I
know this because I work with them.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
You're the suicide prevention coordinator.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
What is the role of suicide prevention coordinator?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Just by way of background, some of my listeners have
an understanding of where you are and where you come from.
Speaker 6 (03:34):
Okay, So I work at the medical center and I
have a team of seven people, and what we do
is we follow up with veterans who have called the
Veterans Crisis Line and have had that crisis handled, but
then they need follow up care and sometimes they don't
know how to get into the VA or they need
help getting an appointment or perhaps they're still having suicidal
(03:55):
thoughts and so we will work with them on that.
So we do that, and then we also identify veterans
who are at high risk for suicide and we provide
follow up services for them and help engage them in care.
So we're trying to be kind of a safety net, right,
So we find out what is the barrier to you
getting your mental health treatment, you know, is it transportation
(04:18):
or do you have some fears about it? What we
find out what those barriers are, and then we help
eradicate those barriers so that they can get the mental
care that they need.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
And your optimism that you started with is the proof
that you see that it actually works.
Speaker 6 (04:34):
It does work. I've had several veterans over the years
have come to me or called me and said, thank
goodness that you talked about the crisis line, because I
called it and then I got into care and it's
helped me and I'm doing well today. Well, So there
is hope on the horizon.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
All right, if someone wants to engage in self analysis,
or there are family members of veterans out there listening.
You mentioned trying to identify high risk veterans veterans who
are to high risk suicidal ideation or depression, that kind
of thing. What are we looking for? What can a
family member look for in their perhaps struggling veteran.
Speaker 6 (05:08):
Yeah, so there are some warning signs. And this is
the one thing that I tell community members and family
that they need to educate themselves. So, for instance, if
someone's telling you that I feel hopeless about something, just
think about that word hopeless. What that What that means
that you don't see any other way out of the situation.
(05:29):
If they're talking about feeling hopeless or I feel like
there's no way out, they might be escalating their drug
use or engaging in risky behaviors. Those are some warning signs. Now,
there are a few warning signs where you've got to
get them immediate help. For instance, if they tell you
I've been thinking about killing myself.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Oh, that's a red flag.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
Yes, you definitely want to get them help right away.
If they you find that they're looking up ways to die.
I've had parents call me and say, you know, he's
never said that he was going to kill himself, but
I saw on the computer he was looking up you know,
how long the ropes should be or whatever the lord,
and so we want to get that person immediate help.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
All right, let's pause, ring Lisa, Listen, and Steve Belzo
back to talk about suicide prevention month right after I
mentioned my friend Suzette Low's Camp cross country mortgage license
in all fifty states and Puerto Rico. So if you
need a mortgage, you're looking to buy a home, you
want a second mortgage, you want a reverse mortgage, refinance
the current one one stop shopping with Suzette Lows Camp.
The best person possible in customer service, the most experience
(06:31):
in the business. I think I can confidently say that
thirty five plus years experience, great rates, low cost. She
has hundreds of options out in the world. Shall find
the best one for you with no junk fees and
no application fees. So respond quickly. She will to your contact.
So reach out to her, get in touch with us.
She'll turn things around very quickly. My daughter experienced that
five one three three one three fifty one seventy six
(06:53):
five one three three one three fifty one seventy six.
Send her an email. Suzette dot Low's Camp spelled Los
e Kamps is that dot Low's Camp at CCM.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Dot Com fifty five KRC real quick weather.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Any rain you're experiencing should be gone early afternoon. Today's
high seventy over night little fifty two, clear skies eighty
two with some isolated showers, partly cloudy otherwise Tomorrow overnight
little fifty five. They're expecting rain and maybe some strong
storms overnight Friday. Saturday is going to be rain until
around noon time, then mostly cloudy with the highest seventy
sixty four.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Now traffic chuck Ingram.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
From the UCL Traffic Center and you see health.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
You'll find comprehensive care that's so personal it makes your
best tomorrow possible. That's boundless care for better outcome is
expect more. You see how dot Com inbound seventy four
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a twenty minute delay from a bug Fields rdle through
blue Ash broken down to you spound two seventy five
after the new Richmond Ram slows traffic.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
They're in the left fleme. Chuck Ingram on fifty five
KRC the talk station seven fifty one.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
If you about KRCD talk station very trying to make
it a happy one with a positive information we're learning
about the direction of veterans struggling with suicidal ideation. It's
Suicide Awareness Month and the good people from the Klemic
County Veteran Services, Steve Belzow elected executive director and Lisa Listen,
who's a suicide prevention coordinator, talking about success and Steve
(08:16):
was just mentioning it off air. I mean, what a
potentially very dreary, bleak job you have considered the subject matter.
But I'm sure what drives you each and every day
is the fact that you are having such remarkable results
and positive success with these folks.
Speaker 6 (08:29):
Absolutely, and that is what drives me because as glum
as it sounds to talk about suicide, if we could
get our communities to understand that what we want to
promote is people are able to recover from suicidal thoughts.
This happens more than not. Lots of people come to
the emergency room and may be admitted, maybe not admitted,
(08:52):
but they if they engage in treatment, we can help
them and they can recover. The real difficult piece is
getting people into treatment right right because people tend to
put it off or their families are afraid to say
anything about it, and so the person feels very alone
and sometimes then ultimately makes a very bad decision.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Well, and that is certainly a possibility. But if you
have some of these huge red flags you mentioned going
into the break, what a family member or someone close
to that veteran who knows about this, what are they
supposed to say to the veteran?
Speaker 1 (09:22):
What should they do?
Speaker 6 (09:23):
So I always tell folks what you can do is
be open about it. You know, suicide. The word suicide
is a bit taboo, right, so people will say, oh,
I don't want to ask because I don't want to
make them mad, or but I say what happens if
you don't ask?
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Yeah, I like that, I don't want to push them
over the edge. Right, Like, all the jig is up.
We know you're experiencing this, and you think they may
go through with it.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
Right, But really, when you ask the question are you
having suicidal thoughts? You're really opening the door. You're saying
it's okay to talk about this. It's not uncommon for
people to have suicidal thoughts. What is uncommon, or should
be uncommon, is that someone would act on that, right,
And so talking about it, really asking the person are
(10:06):
you having suicidal thoughts, opens the door and says to
the person, I'm okay talking to you about this, yeah,
and I'll be there to help you.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
And I don't think people fully appreciate the depth of
despair people are truly feeling when they are considering taking
their life. This the internal psychological workings. You can't just
walk up to someone like that and say, snap out
of it. Look at what you've got. You've got a
loving family, you've got this, You've got that, You've got
a lot to be optimistic about.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
That just doesn't fly right now.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
But Brian, I'll even add on to that though, that
many times the veteran thinks that they're an exceeding weight
for the family, that they're the ones causing the family heartache,
and it would be better if I was dead for
my family. And it's such a misnumber. It is upside down.
The family wants you to live, the family wants you
to get better. Sometimes it's not knowing the course to
(10:56):
get you there. And I like what Lisa says, with
is better in in the military, right, So we talk
about this immediate obedience to orders. This is what we do.
Attack the hill, all right, Sorry, there we go, right,
So the direct is so much more preferable than being
vague and shuffling around the corners. I don't know. It's like, no, Jimmy,
(11:21):
are you thinking about suicide? They're used to being confronted
that way. Yeah, that's the next open.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Well, no one knows better than someone who's served as
many years as you see. So yeah, that's a great point.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
We couldn't find the door.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
That's why I sat a lot.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
However, storm the hill, Storm the hill, sir, straight up?
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Right? So right? So it is especially for veterans.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
They're used to having that direct interaction with somebody poking
them in the chest?
Speaker 6 (11:48):
Are you?
Speaker 5 (11:49):
And it doesn't mean ten seconds later they're going to
commit suicide. Get the response and start talking, because sometimes
talking that out alleviates some of the pressure, and then
we can aren't moving in the right direction.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
All right.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Resources are readily available for my listeners and my veteran
friends and their families in the listening audience. We're going
to have part company almost out of time. So where
should they go.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
The first step would be called a Veterans crisis line.
That's your biggest link because they can tell you what
you need to do next, or if you're a family
member or a friend of a veteran and you call
the veteran's crisis line. Oftentimes, after they hear what your
concerns are, they will then offer to call that veteran
and they will talk to the veteran and help make
(12:31):
the decision about what needs to be done. Maybe the
veteran just needs some time to talk and find out
what the issues are, or perhaps they need to get
to the hospital, but they will actually be the ones
that will take care of that. You don't have to,
as a family member, be any kind of an evaluator
or make decisions. You just have to be the condoan
or the bridge to the Veterans Crisis Line.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Veterans Crisis Line.
Speaker 6 (12:53):
Is nine eight eight, and if you're a veteran or
family of a veteran, press one nine.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Eight eight, hit one, and you're on the way to recovery.
That's the experience Lisa is the suicide Prevention coordinator sees
every single day it gets out of bed. Steve Belso,
I am glad you're going to be around and continuing
to show up here to talk about these issues on
behalf of all of my listeners in the veteran community,
as well as everybody else who cares about veterans and
veteran services. Thank you for what you're doing each and
(13:19):
every day at the Claimont County Veterans Services.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Keep up the great work. It's been a real pleasure.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
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going to be clear fifty two tomorrow eighty two, with
some clouds and maybe some isolated showers overnight. They really
are expecting rain and even some strong storms. Fifty five
the overnight low, with a highest seventy on Saturday, with
rain probably around until about noontime. Sixty four degrees. Right now,
(00:26):
it's time for traffic update.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Chuck from the U SEEL Traffic Center. You see health.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
You'll find comprehensive care that's so personal and makes your
best tomorrow possible. That's boundless care for better outcomes. Expect
more at you see health dot com. Heavy traffic on
the highways now and bound seventy four. It's backing up
past North Bend southbound seventy five. There's a broken down
on the left lane near Western backing traffic close to
seventy four. Left lane's Blocking's Pound two seventy five with
(00:51):
a broken down after the new Richmond Ramp.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Chuck Ingram on fifty five KR. See the talk station.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Three fifty five KRS Talk station and very happy Friday
Eve to you. After the top of the air news
since a candidate, We're counsel. Linda Matthews wrote a great
op ed in Sunday's Inquiry in the meantime, Welcome back
to the fifty five KRC Morning Show. Rumors of retirement premature,
Steve Belzo, executive director. Somebody told me this was it.
You were like moving on, Like wait, wait, that's news
to me.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
I have no other direction. There's a stop sign in
my office, so I don't know where else i'd be going.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Well, I'm glad. It's great news to my years.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I don't know how I give this up.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
Brian exactly, you once a month and coming in and
talk about these these programs that we have and veterans
that are close to my.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Heart and proof in the putting you at we're actually
doing some good here. Somebody reached out to you after
you were on last time. Yeah, let me get a
shout out to Roy there.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Roy was listening to the program last month and I
said something potentially not one hundred percent true, and it
was good for him to call the office and go, Steve,
I want to talk to you let's talk about the
garden reserves, and there's some issues around compensation and healthcare.
So I'm doing a deep dive right now because the
mantra is the garden reserves get nothing, but that's not
(02:05):
necessarily so, so a future episode we'll get on with
you wonderful we'll talk about what that impact is and
the sphere of what comes into play.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Well, it warms my heart that this segment and we
talk about veterans issues and I think they're so damn
important and all the work that you do at the
Clermont Cutty Veteran Services that someone I always feel in
the back of my mind that someone out there is
hearing it and is benefiting from it, is going to
sign up for their VA benefits, is going to get
perhaps the mental health services that they need. And of
course today's topic, sadly it's suicide Awareness Month. That we
(02:38):
have to have a month about it is one thing,
but the fact that veterans have a much higher suicide
rate is another. And joining you today in studio, it's
wonderful to meet Lisa Liston, who's the suicide prevention coordinator
at the Cincinti VA. Lisa, it's a pleasure to have
you in the studio.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Thank you, Brian. It's a pleasure to be here. Tough topic,
it is, but there's good news on the horizon and
that's what excites me. Oh well, fantastic, because I think
sometimes we need to start focusing on all the people
that do recover from suicidal thoughts. You know, we can
get really focused on statistics, and those are important and
they are helpful. They drive where we're headed. But at
(03:14):
the same time, we have a lot of people or
veterans that come to the Cincinnati Via they get the
services they need and are doing well. How do I
know this because I work with them.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
You're the suicide prevention coordinator.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
What is the role of suicide prevention coordinator?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Just by way of background, some of my listeners have
an understanding of where you are and where you come from.
Speaker 6 (03:34):
Okay, So I work at the medical center and I
have a team of seven people, and what we do
is we follow up with veterans who have called the
Veterans Crisis Line and have had that crisis handled, but
then they need follow up care and sometimes they don't
know how to get into the VA or they need
help getting an appointment or perhaps they're still having suicidal
(03:55):
thoughts and so we will work with them on that.
So we do that, and then we also identify veterans
who are at high risk for suicide and we provide
follow up services for them and help engage them in care.
So we're trying to be kind of a safety net, right,
So we find out what is the barrier to you
getting your mental health treatment, you know, is it transportation
(04:18):
or do you have some fears about it? What we
find out what those barriers are, and then we help
eradicate those barriers so that they can get the mental
care that they need.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
And your optimism that you started with is the proof
that you see that it actually works.
Speaker 6 (04:34):
It does work. I've had several veterans over the years
have come to me or called me and said, thank
goodness that you talked about the crisis line, because I
called it and then I got into care and it's
helped me and I'm doing well today. Well, So there
is hope on the horizon.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
All right, if someone wants to engage in self analysis,
or there are family members of veterans out there listening.
You mentioned trying to identify high risk veterans veterans who
are to high risk suicidal ideation or depression, that kind
of thing. What are we looking for? What can a
family member look for in their perhaps struggling veteran.
Speaker 6 (05:08):
Yeah, so there are some warning signs. And this is
the one thing that I tell community members and family
that they need to educate themselves. So, for instance, if
someone's telling you that I feel hopeless about something, just
think about that word hopeless. What that What that means
that you don't see any other way out of the situation.
(05:29):
If they're talking about feeling hopeless or I feel like
there's no way out, they might be escalating their drug
use or engaging in risky behaviors. Those are some warning signs. Now,
there are a few warning signs where you've got to
get them immediate help. For instance, if they tell you
I've been thinking about killing myself.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Oh, that's a red flag.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
Yes, you definitely want to get them help right away.
If they you find that they're looking up ways to die.
I've had parents call me and say, you know, he's
never said that he was going to kill himself, but
I saw on the computer he was looking up you know,
how long the ropes should be or whatever the lord,
and so we want to get that person immediate help.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
All right, let's pause, ring Lisa, Listen, and Steve Belzo
back to talk about suicide prevention month right after I
mentioned my friend Suzette Low's Camp cross country mortgage license
in all fifty states and Puerto Rico. So if you
need a mortgage, you're looking to buy a home, you
want a second mortgage, you want a reverse mortgage, refinance
the current one one stop shopping with Suzette Lows Camp.
The best person possible in customer service, the most experience
(06:31):
in the business. I think I can confidently say that
thirty five plus years experience, great rates, low cost. She
has hundreds of options out in the world. Shall find
the best one for you with no junk fees and
no application fees. So respond quickly. She will to your contact.
So reach out to her, get in touch with us.
She'll turn things around very quickly. My daughter experienced that
five one three three one three fifty one seventy six
(06:53):
five one three three one three fifty one seventy six.
Send her an email. Suzette dot Low's Camp spelled Los
e Kamps is that dot Low's Camp at CCM.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Dot Com fifty five KRC real quick weather.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Any rain you're experiencing should be gone early afternoon. Today's
high seventy over night little fifty two, clear skies eighty
two with some isolated showers, partly cloudy otherwise Tomorrow overnight
little fifty five. They're expecting rain and maybe some strong
storms overnight Friday. Saturday is going to be rain until
around noon time, then mostly cloudy with the highest seventy
sixty four.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Now traffic chuck Ingram.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
From the UCL Traffic Center and you see health.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
You'll find comprehensive care that's so personal it makes your
best tomorrow possible. That's boundless care for better outcome is
expect more. You see how dot Com inbound seventy four
is backing up past North Bend southbound seventy one over
a twenty minute delay from a bug Fields rdle through
blue Ash broken down to you spound two seventy five
after the new Richmond Ram slows traffic.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
They're in the left fleme. Chuck Ingram on fifty five
KRC the talk station seven fifty one.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
If you about KRCD talk station very trying to make
it a happy one with a positive information we're learning
about the direction of veterans struggling with suicidal ideation. It's
Suicide Awareness Month and the good people from the Klemic
County Veteran Services, Steve Belzow elected executive director and Lisa Listen,
who's a suicide prevention coordinator, talking about success and Steve
(08:16):
was just mentioning it off air. I mean, what a
potentially very dreary, bleak job you have considered the subject matter.
But I'm sure what drives you each and every day
is the fact that you are having such remarkable results
and positive success with these folks.
Speaker 6 (08:29):
Absolutely, and that is what drives me because as glum
as it sounds to talk about suicide, if we could
get our communities to understand that what we want to
promote is people are able to recover from suicidal thoughts.
This happens more than not. Lots of people come to
the emergency room and may be admitted, maybe not admitted,
(08:52):
but they if they engage in treatment, we can help
them and they can recover. The real difficult piece is
getting people into treatment right right because people tend to
put it off or their families are afraid to say
anything about it, and so the person feels very alone
and sometimes then ultimately makes a very bad decision.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Well, and that is certainly a possibility. But if you
have some of these huge red flags you mentioned going
into the break, what a family member or someone close
to that veteran who knows about this, what are they
supposed to say to the veteran?
Speaker 1 (09:22):
What should they do?
Speaker 6 (09:23):
So I always tell folks what you can do is
be open about it. You know, suicide. The word suicide
is a bit taboo, right, so people will say, oh,
I don't want to ask because I don't want to
make them mad, or but I say what happens if
you don't ask?
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Yeah, I like that, I don't want to push them
over the edge. Right, Like, all the jig is up.
We know you're experiencing this, and you think they may
go through with it.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
Right, But really, when you ask the question are you
having suicidal thoughts? You're really opening the door. You're saying
it's okay to talk about this. It's not uncommon for
people to have suicidal thoughts. What is uncommon, or should
be uncommon, is that someone would act on that, right,
And so talking about it, really asking the person are
(10:06):
you having suicidal thoughts, opens the door and says to
the person, I'm okay talking to you about this, yeah,
and I'll be there to help you.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
And I don't think people fully appreciate the depth of
despair people are truly feeling when they are considering taking
their life. This the internal psychological workings. You can't just
walk up to someone like that and say, snap out
of it. Look at what you've got. You've got a
loving family, you've got this, You've got that, You've got
a lot to be optimistic about.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
That just doesn't fly right now.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
But Brian, I'll even add on to that though, that
many times the veteran thinks that they're an exceeding weight
for the family, that they're the ones causing the family heartache,
and it would be better if I was dead for
my family. And it's such a misnumber. It is upside down.
The family wants you to live, the family wants you
to get better. Sometimes it's not knowing the course to
(10:56):
get you there. And I like what Lisa says, with
is better in in the military, right, So we talk
about this immediate obedience to orders. This is what we do.
Attack the hill, all right, Sorry, there we go, right,
So the direct is so much more preferable than being
vague and shuffling around the corners. I don't know. It's like, no, Jimmy,
(11:21):
are you thinking about suicide? They're used to being confronted
that way. Yeah, that's the next open.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Well, no one knows better than someone who's served as
many years as you see. So yeah, that's a great point.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
We couldn't find the door.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
That's why I sat a lot.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
However, storm the hill, Storm the hill, sir, straight up?
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Right? So right? So it is especially for veterans.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
They're used to having that direct interaction with somebody poking
them in the chest?
Speaker 6 (11:48):
Are you?
Speaker 5 (11:49):
And it doesn't mean ten seconds later they're going to
commit suicide. Get the response and start talking, because sometimes
talking that out alleviates some of the pressure, and then
we can aren't moving in the right direction.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
All right.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Resources are readily available for my listeners and my veteran
friends and their families in the listening audience. We're going
to have part company almost out of time. So where
should they go.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
The first step would be called a Veterans crisis line.
That's your biggest link because they can tell you what
you need to do next, or if you're a family
member or a friend of a veteran and you call
the veteran's crisis line. Oftentimes, after they hear what your
concerns are, they will then offer to call that veteran
and they will talk to the veteran and help make
(12:31):
the decision about what needs to be done. Maybe the
veteran just needs some time to talk and find out
what the issues are, or perhaps they need to get
to the hospital, but they will actually be the ones
that will take care of that. You don't have to,
as a family member, be any kind of an evaluator
or make decisions. You just have to be the condoan
or the bridge to the Veterans Crisis Line.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Veterans Crisis Line.
Speaker 6 (12:53):
Is nine eight eight, and if you're a veteran or
family of a veteran, press one nine.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Eight eight, hit one, and you're on the way to recovery.
That's the experience Lisa is the suicide Prevention coordinator sees
every single day it gets out of bed. Steve Belso,
I am glad you're going to be around and continuing
to show up here to talk about these issues on
behalf of all of my listeners in the veteran community,
as well as everybody else who cares about veterans and
veteran services. Thank you for what you're doing each and
(13:19):
every day at the Claimont County Veterans Services.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Keep up the great work. It's been a real pleasure.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
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