Dr. Michael Anestis: Guns and Suicide in the Military

<p>We discuss: </p><ul><li>What's the most challenging part of being a military service person?</li><li>What are the barriers to those in the military to seeking help?</li><li>How to improve gun safety </li><li>How to build a fulfilling a life outside of the military</li><li>What are "Behavioral Activations?"</li><li>How "Upstream thinking" can improve your life</li><li>Why "moral injury" is just as painful as a physical injury</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Dr. Anestis bio: </strong></p><p>Michael David Anestis is an American clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health in the Rutgers School of Public Health, as well as the executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center.</p><p><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:mda141@sph.rutgers.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mda141@sph.rutgers.edu</a></p><p><strong>Sponsor:</strong>Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?&nbsp;<a href="https://betterhelp.com/leo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://betterhelp.com/leo</a>&nbsp;and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>1-on-1 Coaching</strong>: If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thrivewithleo.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thrivewithleo.com</a>.&nbsp;Let’s get to tomorrow, together.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline</strong></p><p>988</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Teen Line (Los Angeles)</strong></p><p>800-852-8336</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)</strong></p><p>866-488-7386</p><p><br></p><p><strong>National Domestic Violence Hotline</strong></p><p>800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Crisis Text Line</strong></p><p>Text "Connect" to 741741 in the USA</p><p><br