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dtotire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:19 PM
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Mentally Unfit, Forced to Fight
Mentally Unfit, Forced To Fight

Despite a congressional order that the military assess the mental health of all deploying troops, fewer than 1 in 300 service members see a mental health professional before shipping out.

Once at war, some unstable troops are kept on the front lines while on potent antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs, with little or no counseling or medical monitoring.
And some troops who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq are being sent back to the war zone, increasing the risk to their mental health.

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http://www.courant.com/news/specials/hc-soldiers-sg,0,4734856.storygallery
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libodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:22 PM
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1. These needless suicides are tragic
How does Bush sleep at night? One more sick twist in this repulsive administration.
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ecoalex Donating Member (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:38 PM
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2. Shrub is a godless corporate whore with no conscious
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:39 PM
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3. I was going to post about that...thanks for doing it. EVERYONE needs to
read this series.

And it's good to see the Courant remembering what a newspaper is supposed to do.

Redstone
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