With mental disorders among U.S. military personnel at an all-time high,

the Army is actively researching tools to combat depression and suicide. One of the many military-funded research projects is evaluating the feasibility of using a nasal spray to quickly relieve symptoms of depression and suicidal thoughts.

Colonel Carl Castro, head of the Military Operational Medicine Research Program, recently spoke to NBC News about the military’s search for evidence-based treatments for common mental disorders. Nearly $3 million has been funded by the Army for a three-year project to develop and test the anti-suicide nasal spray, with the goal of receiving FDA approval for both the medication and the nasal spray form of delivery.…