A retired Army lieutenant colonel. He’s director of behavioral health and military affairs at UC Health in southern Colorado. McKay leads the next chapter program for veterans. It began in El Paso County and has since expanded to Teller and Pueblo Counties. Since we spoke in June, the next chapter has helped nearly 1200 veterans. An outside evaluation found that no veterans who took part in the program died by suicide and three fourths said they’d had fewer thoughts or incidents of self-harm. The pilot program, approved by the state legislature in 2021, is up for renewal next year. In Vietnam. A group of fighter.
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