Finding Help: The Connection Between Domestic Abuse and Suicide

Learn about the connection between domestic abuse and the risk of suicide, how to recognize some warning signs of both and their shared risk factors, such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. You’ll also learn how grief could cause social isolation or a violent relationship to occur behind closed doors, how to approach a friend if they’re contemplating self-harm and where to find support for those experiencing intimate partner violence or who may be at risk for suicide.

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Resources

Where can listeners find additional information or support?

• You Deserve to Feel Safe in Your Relationship landing page
• Harmful Behavior Stops Here landing page
• MilLife Guides for Domestic Abuse
• The National Domestic Violence Hotline resource page
• Domestic Abuse Victim Advocate Locator
• Defense Suicide Prevention Office, or DSPO
• Suicide Prevention MilLife Guide
• When a Service Member May Be at Risk for Suicide article
• Defense Department’s Employee Assistance Program, or EAP
• DOD Safe Helpline (hotline for service members affected by sexual assault)