The Growing Ranks Of Soldiers With Mental Health Disorders

Photo: Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, surgeon general of the Army, during an interview in his Falls Church Va., office on January 20. Thomas Brown / Staff

Mental Care Stays Are Up In Military -- USA Today

WASHINGTON — Mental health disorders caused more hospitalizations among U.S. troops in 2009 than any other reason, according to medical data released recently by the Pentagon. This historic high reflects the growing toll of nearly nine years of war.

Last year was the first in which hospitalizations for mental disorders outpaced those for injuries or pregnancies in the 15 years of tracking by the Pentagon's Medical Surveillance Monthly report.

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My Comment: Multiple deployments, coupled with long deployments ... this is all now catching up with our men and women in uniform.