$677,000 to find out how families feel after suicide?

All this money for something they could find out just by going to Purple Star Families.org

On the military beat: Study seeks out families touches by suicide
Article by: MARK BRUNSWICK
Star Tribune
October 31, 2012

"The $677,000 study, which began a few months ago, will last two years. They hope to interview 100 participants."

Researchers at the University of Kentucky are investigating bereavement issues of families with relatives or other loved ones who've killed themselves related to their military service.

The research is funded by the Department of Defense's Military Suicide Research Consortium and has involved in-person interviews with parents, spouses, and adult children of active-duty service members and recent veterans who have died by suicide.

The idea is to better understand what families go through after the suicide and to suggest policy changes. For instance, the time window for a family member to move off a base after a suicide varies among military installations, which affects how families cope and what resources are used to help, said Julie Cerel, one of the lead investigators in the study.
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