LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A grant was recently awarded to the University of Kentucky's College of Education to provide veterans with free suicide prevention services.

“I think that the picture that we’re looking at has to change,” said Dr. David Pascale-Hague, Director of the Community Mental Health Clinic.

“Veterans are twice as likely to die by suicide than their civilian counterparts,” said Pascale-Hague.

He is spearheading the push to get more veterans help. His brother Daniel served in the Marines from 2003 to 2007, deploying twice to the Middle East.

“We are blessed and lucky to have him home; he’s continued to lose his fellow veterans to suicide and other mental health concerns,” said Dr. Pascale-Hague. “They do face unique needs, re-acclimating to civilian life, re-acclimating

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