Sick Military Families ; Defense Doesn't Know Why Psychological Care Is Rising

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Military families are reaching out for mental health care more than ever before, and the Department of Defense doesn't know why. The Pentagon needs to figure out what's going on and address the problems. It's our responsibility as a society to support those who support our men and women in uniform.

Outpatient mental health visits by the children of active-duty service personnel have doubled since 2003 - when the Iraq war began - to 2 million visits in 2008, according to internal Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs data from June obtained by The Washington Times. There was a significant jump of more than 250,000 visits from 2007 to 2008 alone. These numbers back up anecdotal reports of military families having problems adjusting to long-term deployments of loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Sick Military Families ; Defense Doesn't Know Why Psychological Care Is Rising

An increase in overall inpatient and outpatient psychological care for the spouses and children of active-duty, reserv...

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