TY - GEN N2 - The first goal of this presentation was to educate the leadership of the American Legion about the risks and damage that the perception of seeking mental health care has had on the veteran community. The second goal was to build a model wherein the attendees could build this mentality into their daily lives. The third goal was to build allies to destigmatize mental health care and promote healthy emotional outlets and have them create their own goals to accomplish in their own groups. Lastly, the goal was to build buy-in and allow the members to identify and defend the mental health care from negative criticism and bad actors. DO - 10.6083/k0698827w DO - DOI AB - The first goal of this presentation was to educate the leadership of the American Legion about the risks and damage that the perception of seeking mental health care has had on the veteran community. The second goal was to build a model wherein the attendees could build this mentality into their daily lives. The third goal was to build allies to destigmatize mental health care and promote healthy emotional outlets and have them create their own goals to accomplish in their own groups. Lastly, the goal was to build buy-in and allow the members to identify and defend the mental health care from negative criticism and bad actors. AD - Oregon Health and Science University T1 - Reduction of SI/SA/Suicides in veterans by destigmatizing mental health care DA - 2022 AU - Meaders, Craig L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9806/files/Meaders.Craig.2022.pdf PB - Oregon Health & Science University LA - eng PY - 2022 ID - 9806 L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9806/files/Meaders.Craig.2022.pdf KW - Mental Health KW - Suicide KW - Veterans KW - Perception KW - Military Personnel KW - prevention and control TI - Reduction of SI/SA/Suicides in veterans by destigmatizing mental health care Y1 - 2022 L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9806/files/Meaders.Craig.2022.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9806/files/Meaders.Craig.2022.pdf UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9806/files/Meaders.Craig.2022.pdf ER -