http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/02/22/soldiers-and-their-families-fall-through-the-cracks/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/02/22/soldiers-and-their-families-fall-through-the-cracks/#comment-33 lilly Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:26:20 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/?p=28#comment-33 Definitely well-written. I overcomed post traumatic stress (finally!) last year. I seeked help from internet webbies, like http://www.howtorelievestress.org which offers plenty of tips about post traumatic stress. Eversince then, I can see an improvement in my condition.You should try it too. Definitely well-written. I overcomed post traumatic stress (finally!) last year. I seeked help from internet webbies, like http://www.howtorelievestress.org which offers plenty of tips about post traumatic stress. Eversince then, I can see an improvement in my condition.You should try it too.

]]> http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/02/22/soldiers-and-their-families-fall-through-the-cracks/#comment-31 editor1 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:42:25 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/?p=28#comment-31 Several of the cases mentioned in the New York Times series involved murder-suicides. It's really pretty shameful and sad. It makes me think of the recent campus shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois. When these things happen, counseling is made available immediately for students and faculty. If it weren't, the schools would be highly criticized. And yet, our military has such an inadequate system for helping their soldiers, medics, etc. recover from months of witnessing and participating in daily violence. So many of these people returning are just kids in their late teens/early twenties. They end up being casualties of the war even after surviving combat. Several of the cases mentioned in the New York Times series involved murder-suicides. It’s really pretty shameful and sad. It makes me think of the recent campus shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois. When these things happen, counseling is made available immediately for students and faculty. If it weren’t, the schools would be highly criticized. And yet, our military has such an inadequate system for helping their soldiers, medics, etc. recover from months of witnessing and participating in daily violence. So many of these people returning are just kids in their late teens/early twenties. They end up being casualties of the war even after surviving combat.

]]> http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/02/22/soldiers-and-their-families-fall-through-the-cracks/#comment-30 Mona Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:10:14 +0000 http://www.theartofthepossible.net/?p=28#comment-30 Some months back, piggy-backing on the deplorable conditions at Walter Reed for our disabled vets coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan, there was reporting that mental health services are given short shrift and some soldiers have committed suicide while awaiting them. Some months back, piggy-backing on the deplorable conditions at Walter Reed for our disabled vets coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan, there was reporting that mental health services are given short shrift and some soldiers have committed suicide while awaiting them.

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