$50 million dollar waste for what the Army should already know

Consider this. The Army already knows about repeat deployments and the increased risk of PTSD plus PTSD increases the risk of suicide. They did it anyway. Then add in that PTSD has been studied to death since the 70's. Do you really think for a second they will find something new? Do you really think this money will end up being more wasted money finding the same answers? I do. Most of these well funded studies usually find what has already been discovered 30 years ago. Since humans don't change, they would be a lot better off if they just looked at all the data already there to find out why we are where we are. The rate they're going, you can't get there from here!

Army to fund universities’ suicide study

The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jul 16, 2009 16:25:04 EDT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan and three other universities are launching a $50 million Army-funded study to find out why soldiers kill themselves or become mentally ill.

Columbia University, Harvard University and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., also are part of the consortium conducting the five-year study.

The University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research says in announcing the study Thursday that it’s the largest to date of suicide and mental health in the military.

Study co-leader Steven Heeringa at Michigan says the goal is to find out risk and protection factors for suicide and mental illness. He says the school will survey 90,000 active Army personnel.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/ap_army_suicide_study_071609/