Army needs to learn repeating mistakes will not sudenly work

Ignoring PTSD did not work.
Punishing them did not work.
Kicking them out didn't work.
Hiding the problem didn't work.
Battlemind didn't work because it told them they could train their brains,
Warrior Mind didn't work because it did the same thing.
If any of these programs worked the numbers would have gone down instead of up. How many more lives will we lose while they keep repeating the same mistakes?

Army Will Train Soldiers to Cope With Emotions

By BENEDICT CAREY
Published: August 17, 2009
PHILADELPHIA — The Army plans to require that all 1.1 million of its soldiers take intensive training in emotional resiliency, military officials say.

The training, the first of its kind in the military, is meant to improve performance in combat and head off the mental health problems, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide, that plague about one-fifth of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.

Active-duty soldiers, reservists and members of the National Guard will receive the training, which will also be available to their family members and to civilian employees.

The new program is to be introduced at two bases in October and phased in gradually throughout the service, starting in basic training. It is modeled on techniques that have been tested mainly in middle schools.

In recent studies, psychologists at Penn and elsewhere have found that the techniques can reduce mental distress in some children and teenagers. But outside experts cautioned that the Army program was more an experiment than a proven solution.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/health/18psych.html?_r=1&hp