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    Nuclear Deterrence, COVID-19 and Infant Deaths, Criminal Justice Reform: RAND Weekly Recap

    Oct 22, 2021

    This weekly recap focuses on why the United States doesn’t need more nuclear weapons, increased infant deaths during the pandemic, preventing veteran suicide, and more.

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    China-Pakistan Partnership, Media Literacy, Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap

    Sep 24, 2021

    This weekly recap focuses on the China-Pakistan partnership in light of the Taliban's rise to power, media literacy education, parenting from prison, and more.

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    Paying College Athletes, Preventing Suicide, Planning for Heatwaves: RAND Weekly Recap

    Jul 16, 2021

    This weekly recap focuses on a potential step toward paying college athletes, helping college freshmen overcome COVID-19 learning loss, the effects of U.S. sanctions in Syria, more.

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  • Terri Tanielian waits for a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing to begin in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, photo by Grace Evans/RAND Corporation
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    A Voice for Veterans on Capitol Hill: Q&A with Terri Tanielian

    Nov 6, 2020

    Terri Tanielian, a senior behavioral scientist at RAND and an internationally recognized expert on military and veteran health, spent six months as a fellow with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. She helped the committee develop a comprehensive suicide prevention strategy.

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    COVID-19 Reveals Need for More Research About Guns

    Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral, Jeremy Travis

    Jun 18, 2020

    USA Today

    Recent reports suggest that Americans reacted to the pandemic by purchasing guns and ammunition in massive numbers. What does this mean for public safety? And how can policymakers ensure that this doesn't result in more injuries or deaths?

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    New Insights on Gun Policy in America

    Apr 22, 2020

    RAND's Gun Policy in America initiative aims to establish a shared set of facts about gun policies. Recently, researchers completed an update and expansion of their synthesis of all available scientific evidence on the effects of 18 classes of gun laws.

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    COVID-19, Out-of-Network Hospital Payments, Russia's Economy: RAND Weekly Recap

    Mar 13, 2020

    This weekly recap focuses on COVID-19, limiting out-of-network hospital payments, Russia's sluggish economy, and more.

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    Veterans, Autonomous Vehicles, Digital Protests: RAND Weekly Recap

    Nov 8, 2019

    This weekly recap focuses on preventing veteran suicide, who's responsible when a car is hacked, how digital protests can affect Fortune 500 companies, and more.

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  • Howard and Jean Somers hold a photo of their son, Daniel, who died by suicide in June 2013, photo by Nelvin C. Cepeda/San Diego Union-Tribune via Zuma Wire
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    More Can Be Done to Save Veterans from Suicide

    Nov 4, 2019

    A decade of research at RAND has sought to focus the national conversation about suicide in general, and veteran suicide in particular, around solutions that work. The overwhelming message: We could do more to save the lives of veterans like Daniel Somers. Here is his story.

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    Inmate Suicides, India and Kashmir, Health Care: RAND Weekly Recap

    Aug 16, 2019

    This weekly recap looks at preventing inmate suicides, India and Kashmir, improving health care for veterans, and more.

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    Theresa May, Emotional Learning, Teachers: RAND Weekly Recap

    May 31, 2019

    This weekly recap focuses on Theresa May's resignation, social and emotional learning, the value of a good teacher, and more.

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    Medicare for All, Principals, Cigarette Labels: RAND Weekly Recap

    Apr 12, 2019

    This weekly recap focuses on spending estimates under Medicare for All, the benefits of principal pipelines, graphic warning labels on cigarettes, and more.

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  • Suzanne Devine Clark places items on a memorial on the one year anniversary of the shooting which claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, U.S., February 14, 2019, photo by Joe Skipper/Reuters
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    Preventing Suicide: Treat Mass Shooting Trauma Beyond Initial Tragedy

    Joie D. Acosta, Lisa H. Jaycox

    Apr 4, 2019

    United Press International

    The need for mental health support and suicide-prevention efforts targeting survivors of mass shootings, and the friends and families of victims, is great. Putting such programs in place could go a long way toward helping them heal, and preventing more tragedy.

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    Comparing Suicide Rates: Making an Apples to Apples Comparison

    Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand

    Apr 2, 2018

    The Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention

    As the national suicide rate continues to rise, an increasing number of stakeholders are looking within their own communities and asking: “Do we have a suicide problem?” It's a difficult question to answer.

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    Checklist of Best Practices Developed to Guide Development of Suicide Prevention Campaigns

    Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand, Joie D. Acosta

    Oct 25, 2017

    Lifeline Network

    Is your crisis line’s suicide-prevention communications effort working well enough? What should you be doing differently? Some help is available through a checklist published earlier this year.

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    Is Suicide Preventable? Insights from Research

    May 8, 2017

    Conventional wisdom about suicide prevention suggests that one just needs to know what warning signs to look for. But that's not the case.

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    Is America's Crisis 'System' in Crisis?

    Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand

    Jul 17, 2016

    U.S. News & World Report

    The United States has made life-saving progress on crisis support for veterans. Now other suicide prevention services need help. Progress made by the VA could provide a blueprint for improving suicide prevention services for all Americans.

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    Veterans Day 2015: Three Priorities for Preventing Veteran Suicide (And It's Not All on the VA!)

    Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand

    Nov 11, 2015

    The RAND Blog

    The suicide rate among veterans is three times that of nonveterans. Additional research and policy intervention in three important areas could help ensure that fewer veterans die at their own hands.

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    Helping the Most Vulnerable: Q&A with Rajeev Ramchand

    Oct 26, 2015

    Rajeev Ramchand discusses drug abuse, suicide, and how research can make a difference for society's most vulnerable.

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  • The Midnight Mission shelter on skid row before a Veterans Day observance for homeless veterans in Los Angeles, California, November 11, 2013
    Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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    Veterans Battle Mental Health Issues After Iraq and Afghanistan

    Terri Tanielian, Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand

    Jun 4, 2015

    U.S. News & World Report

    Researchers have made great progress capturing the consequences of coping with injuries sustained in the theater of war, but the emerging picture is shadowed in grays. A series of recent findings presents a bleak portrait of the cost of modern war to service members, their families, and their health care providers.

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    Veterans Health Care

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    Military Turns to Collaborative Care to Treat PTSD, Depression

    Charles C. Engel @CharlesEngel

    Nov 19, 2014

    Psychiatric News

    Collaborative care has been an important part of Army efforts to reach out to those struggling with PTSD and depression. It has brought a science-based solution to an essential military problem and has helped thousands of men and women in uniform in ways that also nudge the larger mental health system toward greater effectiveness for all Americans.

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    Military Families

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    Research Is a Fundamental Component of Suicide Prevention

    Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand

    May 24, 2013

    The RAND Blog

    While our research has taught us many things about suicide prevention we think additional research is critically needed in two areas, writes Rajeev Ramchand. The first is gun control. The second area is the quality of behavioral health care available to those who need it.

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    Military Families

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    Supporting Families Affected by Military Suicide Should Be a Priority for All

    Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand

    Nov 29, 2012

    The RAND Blog

    While many of these families fight for honor and respect from the DoD or support from the VA, the comfort that they need will not be provided by either institution, nor should it be. Rather, it is up to us—as their neighbors, coworkers, teachers, and students—to shower these families with the love and support they need and deserve, writes Rajeev Ramchand.

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    Military Health and Health Care

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    Preventing Military Suicides Is a Nationwide Effort

    Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand

    Jun 14, 2012

    The RAND Blog

    The military is experiencing a higher number of suicides than it has ever experienced at this time before. RAND research has a number of recommendations to prevent suicide among military personnel based.

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    In Memoriam

    Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand

    May 29, 2011

    Newsday

    Not only would the delivery of quality behavioral care prevent suicides, but it would also aid in the recovery of the nearly 20 percent of service members with post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, writes Rajeev Ramchand.

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  • The allure of training technology can often overshadow its value. Today, virtual reality, or VR, is a hot topic in the military training community, but training tools must be developed and selected according to their anticipated use. Context matters, and sometimes the best and most cost-effective training tool may just be a book.

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    Timothy Marler

    Senior Research Engineer

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  • In the United States, a good soldier is a happy soldier, one that's properly fed, paid, and treated with respect. But the Russian high command behaves as if its troops are an afterthought, making tactical decisions as if it can simply throw people at poorly designed objectives until it succeeds.

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    Senior Policy Researcher

    Source: Foreign Affairs

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