Iraq war strains US mental health system
Middle East Online
12 Maggio 2008
Not enough therapists to treat all US soldiers returning from Iraq with traumatizing experience
Fort Drum, a bleak US 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.
The 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2BCT) is the most-deployed brigade in the US army since 2001. It served two tours in Afghanistan, totalling 11 months, and was sent to Iraq twice for tours of 12 and 15 months.
"They're kind of a canary in a coal mine," said Paul Rieckhoff, a former Army …
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