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Rachael Ward

INSANE: Adf members and veterans need help every four hours - The Real Truth

Serving ADF members and veterans face an elevated risk of suicide. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

One veteran or serving member of the Australian Defence Force has suicide-related contact with police or paramedics every four hours.

That's according to new research conducted for the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide by the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.

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