{"id":4922,"date":"2023-05-30T20:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2023-05-30T20:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T20:00:24","slug":"the-chuck-toddcast-the-mental-health-crisis-among-veterans-with-paul-rieckhoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/the-chuck-toddcast-the-mental-health-crisis-among-veterans-with-paul-rieckhoff\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chuck Toddcast: The mental health crisis among veterans, with Paul Rieckhoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/e715d68d-b054-4ae0-a40b-8bdb84688476?dark=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Department of Veteran Affairs&#8217; report last year showing a staggering decline in suicides among military veterans seemed to bring encouraging news \u2014 still, that figure was disputed by advocates, who say the undercounting of suicides painted a rosier picture than reality offers. Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, joins Chuck to detail the state of veterans&#8217; mental health as the nation nears Memorial Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Department of Veteran Affairs&#8217; report last year showing a staggering decline in suicides among military veterans seemed to bring encouraging news \u2014 still, that figure was disputed by advocates, who say the undercounting of suicides painted a rosier picture than reality offers. Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, joins&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/the-chuck-toddcast-the-mental-health-crisis-among-veterans-with-paul-rieckhoff\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Chuck Toddcast: The mental health crisis among veterans, with Paul Rieckhoff<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-media","category-in-the-press","entry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chucktoddcast.jpg",606,603,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chucktoddcast.jpg",606,603,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chucktoddcast.jpg",606,603,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chucktoddcast-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chucktoddcast-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chucktoddcast.jpg",606,603,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chucktoddcast.jpg",606,603,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chucktoddcast.jpg",606,603,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chucktoddcast.jpg",606,603,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/category\/in-the-media\/\" rel=\"category tag\">In the media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/category\/in-the-press\/\" rel=\"category tag\">In the Press<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"&nbsp; The Department of Veteran Affairs&#8217; report last year showing a staggering decline in suicides among military veterans seemed to bring encouraging news \u2014 still, that figure was disputed by advocates, who say the undercounting of suicides painted a rosier picture than reality offers. 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