Military suicides up, Pentagon pushes program that failed them

Military suicides up, Pentagon pushes program that failed them
by Chaplain Kathie
Wounded Times Blog
July 31, 2012

OH MY GOD! They are never going to get it. They will never understand that their "Resiliency" program is the biggest reason there is such an increase in suicides as well as attempted suicides. The second is sending them back over and over again.

Go the top of Wounded Times Blog and type in the search box "resiliency" and read how bad this program is. Then type in "military suicides" to read some of their stories.

Don't expect congress to do anything about any of this since they've been having hearings all these years, listening to the same stories of families suffering but never doing anything about it that works. They pass bills that spend money on programs that have proven to be failures while ignoring programs that actually do work. Most of them cost very little money.

They spend money on research, then never use what the research provided. Most of the studies being done and paid for today were done in the last 40 years over and over again. What did they learn from them? Mental health professionals learned a lot but they do not work for the government. They used the research so they could help the people they treat. Too bad none of it is good enough for congress.

Pentagon Report: Active Duty Military Suicides on the Rise
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by Nicole Porter
Last updated on July 30, 2012

Earlier this summer the Pentagon released some startling statistics. The suicide rate with active military members sky rocketed and this year, we could have the most cases since the beginning of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The government says it's stepped up efforts to tackle this battle. It's safe to assume most of these thoughts come from post-traumatic stress disorder.

PTSD is a problem that veterans have been facing for years now. Before, it often went undiagnosed. Now, they are working to make sure that all veterans who come back from war are told where they can get any kind of help they would need.

As of June, there were 154 suicides among active duty troops. That was about one a day. There was only 130 during that same time period last year. There was 124 deaths in Afghanistan from January to July. That means there was about 30 more suicide deaths than war deaths in the first part of this year.

The VA acknowledges that the troops coming back now are battling a different type of PTSD. A lot of it is newer and fresh on their minds. That's why they have special liaisons at the hospital just for these vets and they have plenty of options for different kinds of treatment for PTSD.
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