Army Suicides Reach One a Day; Epidemic Spreads to National Guard and Reserves

Army Suicides Reach One a Day; Epidemic Spreads to National Guard and Reserves

Thirty-two soldiers, including 11 in the Guard and Reserve, killed themselves last month, a rate of suicide not seen since the Vietnam War. Seven of the suicides took place I Iraq or Afghanistan.

During the first six months of 2010, 65 members of the Guard and Reserve took their own lives, compared with 42 for the same period in 2009.

Although the strain of multiple deployments is often cited as a major cause in the rise in military suicides, this is only occasionally a factor in National Guard and Reserves cases. Some observers feel that the military suffers from a drastic shortage of mental health professionals.

http://www.allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Army_Suicides_Reach_One_a_Day_Epidemic_Spreads_to_National_Guard_and_Reserves_100729

My neurologist has a dual specialty in psychiatry and works at the VA.he works a lot with PTSD and has been trying to have more psychologists employed ...the need for which as is demonstrated by this list the VA sends to it's practitioners...where are they?

http://ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/treatment_ret_iraq.html?opm=1&rr=rr124&srt=d&echorr=true

recruits BEFORE they enlist. Not everyone is potential mercenary material.

Which is why it is such bullshit for people to be diagnosed with personality disorders ON DISCHARGE so the Pentagram doesn't have to take care of them.

People are enlisting because they ran out of options. Whatever they were hoping to find in the way opportunities, didn't make their lives any better.