<p>Wait, we should simply leave it up to the overburdened VA and not make sure college administrators know about the concerns? </p>
<p>Since one of the most effective ways to treat depression and isolation is talk therapy, and most colleges have hundreds of on-campus groups anyway, it doesn’t seem it would be so much of a problem for campuses to make sure they have a student veterans group to provide a place vets can go to meet other student vets. it’s not really an added burden on the campuses – they already have counseling, they already have clubs. I’m not saying they need special services, they just need to be made aware of what’s available to them, and maybe done in a way that brings student veterans together.</p>
<p>The study may have been stating the obvious, but I don’t think it’s a bad idea for colleges, which pay close attention to the issue of suicide on campus, to be made aware of this special group of students who may be more prone to attempting and succeeding at suicide.</p>