Army study to investigate increase in military suicide rate

Army study to investigate increase in military suicide rate
News Segments Mon, 08/10/2009
The Army and the National Institute of Mental Health are developing extensive surveys and tests that will probe soldiers for mental illnesses and provide some clues on the increasing suicide rate.

The study will take five years to conduct and will include genetic and neuro-biological studies. To learn more about mental health in the army and the challenges faced by soldiers and veterans, FSRN contacted Doctor Judith Broder, the founder and director of The Soldiers Project.
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Army study to investigate increase in military suicide rate

The Soldiers Project
What is the Soldiers Project?
We are a group of licensed mental health professionals who offer free psychological treatment to military service members (active duty, National Guard, Reserves and veterans) who have served or who expect to serve in OEF and/or OIF. We also provide treatment to members of their families and other loved ones. Treatment is conducted in our private offices. Our therapists are all volunteers and our services are entirely confidential. We do not report to any governmental agency.

The Soldiers Project is a component of the Ernest S. Lawrence Trauma Center of the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS). We are a non-profit 501(c ) (3) organization as defined by the IRS. Contributions are fully tax-deductible.

Because of LAISPS' commitment to bringing psychoanalytic understanding to underserved groups within our community it established the Ernest S. Lawrence Trauma Center. The Center's projects are run by volunteer licensed clinicians who provide free psychoanalytically-informed psychological services to "at-risk" populations as well as educational presentations to the community.

"The Soldiers Project is an example of people around the nation who want to help these young men and women coming back, according to Congressman Bob Filner, Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 'If the VA is not doing its job, at least some people have stepped in to try and do it,' said Filner."
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