Clark “Skip” Cumings-Johnson, a former professor of law at Michigan State University now living in Glen Arbor, has made it known that he’s willing to make house calls for Leelanau County veterans who plan to act on suicidal thoughts.
Johnson explained that he’s interested in veteran services of all kinds, but particularly mental health and suicide prevention. Over the course of his career, he observed that mental health support for veterans went from being “virtually unheard of” to encompassing a broad spectrum of services. However, he believes there are still some areas that have gone unaddressed.
“As you know, there are a variety of safety nets in place for the benefit of veterans in distress,” Johnson said. “What they do not provide, in my opinion, is help at the critical point in time (before) committing the act of suicide.”
