An intervention to reduce suicides showed promise in the 60s, but was overlooked.

Could a Simple Intervention Fight a Suicide Crisis? Retro Report on PBS

Premiered October 21, 2019
Could a Simple Intervention Fight a Suicide Crisis?

Suicide rates have been rising steadily across the country, with U.S. service members and veterans at particular risk. One simple intervention – “caring letters,”  messages of compassion and empathy – showed promise in the 1960s, but has been overlooked until now.

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Retro Report on PBS

Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.

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