Soldier Suicides: Veterans Are Killing Themselves in Record Numbers

As violence continues in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more and more troops return home from combat, the VA and Department of Defense have been unable to keep pace, says Dan Reidenberg, a doctor of clinical psychology and executive director of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, a Bloomington-based nonprofit. In February 2006, the national VA said it was expecting 2,900 new Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) cases; the actual number was nearly six times that, with some 17,800 documented cases, according to a 2008 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America report. Read more...

Posted by Editor at March 27, 2008 02:33 PM