{"id":5482,"date":"2016-06-01T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-announces-new-suicide-hotline-for-veterans\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:31","slug":"merkley-announces-new-suicide-hotline-for-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-announces-new-suicide-hotline-for-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley anuncia nueva l\u00ednea directa de suicidio para veteranos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Medford, Oreg\u00f3n<\/b> \u2013 El Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley visit\u00f3 hoy el Centro de Rehabilitaci\u00f3n y Cl\u00ednicas del Sur de Oreg\u00f3n en White City, Oreg\u00f3n, para hablar sobre las altas tasas de suicidio entre los veteranos y su papel en ayudar a impulsar una nueva conexi\u00f3n directa para que los veteranos tengan acceso. El Senador Merkley estuvo acompa\u00f1ado en el evento de hoy por Dan Davis, un elector local que ha estado trabajando durante a\u00f1os para cambiar la l\u00ednea directa de suicidio del Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA) a algo m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil de usar para los veteranos.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNinguno de nuestros hijos e hijas, amigos y vecinos que sobrevivieron al combate en el extranjero deber\u00edan ser v\u00edctimas cuando regresen a casa\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cNecesitamos asegurarnos de que el acceso a la ayuda para alguien en crisis sea lo m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil posible y la nueva l\u00ednea directa de suicidio de hoy del VA ayudar\u00e1 a conectar a los veteranos con la atenci\u00f3n antes\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Seg\u00fan el sistema actual de VA, cuando los veteranos militares buscan asistencia para la prevenci\u00f3n del suicidio, llaman al n\u00famero de tel\u00e9fono local de VA y la grabaci\u00f3n los remite a un n\u00famero de l\u00ednea directa de suicidio 1-800. Dan Davis, residente de Talent, Oreg\u00f3n y veterano, sinti\u00f3 que deber\u00eda haber una manera m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil para que los veteranos obtengan la ayuda que necesitan. Pas\u00f3 a\u00f1os tratando de conseguir un sistema m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil para los veteranos que buscaban la prevenci\u00f3n del suicidio y finalmente llev\u00f3 el tema a la oficina del Senador Merkley a principios de este a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de que la oficina del Senador Merkley se comunic\u00f3 con VA y plante\u00f3 las preocupaciones de Dan, VA notific\u00f3 al Senador que se estaba trabajando en un nuevo sistema. Este nuevo sistema, llamado Opci\u00f3n 7, brindar\u00e1 a las personas que llaman en medio de una crisis de suicidio la posibilidad de obtener ayuda presionando un n\u00famero despu\u00e9s de marcar el VA. Este nuevo sistema estar\u00e1 en funcionamiento en todas las instalaciones de VA para fines del verano, pero debido a la defensa de Dan Davis sobre el tema, White City VA tendr\u00e1 el nuevo sistema en funcionamiento para este viernes 3 de junio de 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNecesitamos hacer mucho m\u00e1s para ayudar a nuestros veteranos que luchan contra la enfermedad mental y la depresi\u00f3n, pero mi esperanza es que este peque\u00f1o cambio ayude a salvar vidas\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cNunca dejar\u00edamos atr\u00e1s a nuestras tropas heridas en el campo de batalla y no podemos dejarlas aqu\u00ed en casa\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>El departamento de Salud P\u00fablica de Oreg\u00f3n public\u00f3 un informe en 2014 que mostraba que el suicidio es la principal causa de muerte entre los veteranos menores de 45 a\u00f1os. 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