Trained to kill but what happens when they come home

Trained to kill ... but what happens when they come home?
Hundreds of civilian mental health professionals from across Minnesota will sit shoulder to shoulder with those from the military at an unprecedented conference on combat-related mental health.

By Josephine Marcotty, Star Tribune

Last update: October 16, 2007 – 10:36 PM

The war in Iraq has come to Minnesota in the nightmares, flashbacks and depression that many returning veterans are bringing home.

Twice this year, Minnesota veterans who survived the war committed suicide, raising questions about whether soldiers are getting the mental health care they need. The federal government estimates that up to half of all veterans experience some psychological problem after returning to civilian life.

Up until now the burden of caring for them has landed largely on the Department of Veterans Affairs. But today hundreds of civilian mental health professionals from across the state will sit shoulder to shoulder with those from the military at an unprecedented conference on combat-related mental health.
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