What’s Behind the Rise in Veteran Suicides? | Derek Blumke

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"Hunter was prescribed an antidepressant, Mirtazapine along with Hydroxyzine, and a month and a half later he was dead. And [Veterans Affairs] did an investigation into his death and found that they failed to provide informed consent and failed to provide safe medication management.

My friends Brian and Kim Brumfield [who] we were with last night along with Shannon - they lost their son, Connor, at 22 years old. Both of these young men had fit cleanly within the box warning by the FDA, but in both cases, it seems neither had been provided informed consent.

Their families had been unaware that they were on a medication that could increase their suicide risk, and both were gone far too young."

Veteran Derek Blumke is an impact fellow with the Grunt Style Foundation. He argues overprescription is contributing to veteran suicides.