[lbo-talk] Iraq war strains U.S. army mental health system

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Sun May 11 06:14:37 PDT 2008


Iraq war strains U.S. army mental health system http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0539451520080506?sp=true

Tue May 6, 2008

By Claudia Parsons

FORT DRUM, New York (Reuters) - Fort Drum, a bleak U.S. Army base in upstate New York, is a test case for how the military is handling a looming mental health crisis.

The military and its critics agree on one thing -- there are not enough therapists to treat all the soldiers who return from Iraq and Afghanistan traumatized by the experience. http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0539451520080506?sp=true



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