vervilledeb1
05-14-2006, 09:15 PM
Twenty-two U.S. troops committed suicide in Iraq last year, accounting for nearly one in five of all non-combat deaths and the highest suicide rate since the war started, the newspaper said.
Some service members who committed suicide in 2004 and 2005 were kept on duty despite clear signs of mental distress, sometimes after being prescribed antidepressants with little or no mental health counseling or monitoring, the Courant reported. Those findings conflict with regulations adopted last year by the Army that caution against the use of antidepressants for "extended deployments."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060514/ap_on_re_us/military_suicides;_ylt=AmPcExhuoCXkEmAUQMh3HB9vzwc F;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
I read this tonight and I cannot believe this is happening. They are protecting us and look what is happening to them. What are your opinions?
Some service members who committed suicide in 2004 and 2005 were kept on duty despite clear signs of mental distress, sometimes after being prescribed antidepressants with little or no mental health counseling or monitoring, the Courant reported. Those findings conflict with regulations adopted last year by the Army that caution against the use of antidepressants for "extended deployments."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060514/ap_on_re_us/military_suicides;_ylt=AmPcExhuoCXkEmAUQMh3HB9vzwc F;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
I read this tonight and I cannot believe this is happening. They are protecting us and look what is happening to them. What are your opinions?