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WASHINGTON -- Thousands of sick and wounded soldiers within the Army's Warrior Transition program aren't receiving psychological care they need and are being discharged into communities ill- prepared to help them.
A nine-month investigation by the Tribune-Review, buttressed by documents passed to the newspaper by soldiers and the Pentagon's Office of Wounded Warrior Care & Transition Policy in Alexandria, Va., reveal an Army reeling from an epidemic of mental and behavioral health problems after nearly a decade of constant combat overseas.See the full content of this document
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Army's Mental Health Programs Swamped, Understaffed
At Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, officials in April told investigators mental health cases skyrocketed 400 percent in recent years, according to files provided to the Trib.
A late 2009 report from New York's Fort Drum, home to the 10th Mountain Division, found "backed up" mental health clinics on and off base f...See the full content of this document
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