Aumenta el número de suicidios entre los militares

VA Confirms 18 Vets Commit Suicide Everyday

by Jason Leopold http://www.opednews.com

Jason Scheuerman shot himself with a rifle on July 30, 2005. The 20-year-old's suicide note was nailed to the close in his barracks. It said, "Maybe now I can get some peace." "Jason desperately needed a second opinion after his encounter with the Army psychologist," Chris Scheuerman testified in mid-March before the Armed Services Committee's Military Personnel Subcommittee.
"The Army did offer him that option, but at his own expense. How is a PFC (private first class) in the middle of Iraq supposed to get to a civilian mental health care provider at his own expense?" he said. "I believe a soldier should be afforded the opportunity to a second opinion via teleconference with a civilian mental health care provider of their own choice." Dr. Arthur Blank, a renowned expert on PTSD who has worked closely with the VA, testified during the federal court hearing in San Francisco last month that multiple deployments are largely responsible for an increase in veterans suicides.
"I think it's because of multiple deployments, which means one is exposed to trauma over and over again," Blank testified.