U.S. Army Implementing New Mental Health Screening Procedures

PENTAGON BRIEFING - Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, center, talks with reporters at the Pentagon, Jan. 19, 2011, about newly released statistics on Army suicides for last year. Army Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, left, and Army National Guard Acting Director Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, right, joined Chiarelli. DOD photo by R. D. Ward

Army To Implement New Mental Health Screening Procedures -- CNN

Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Army hopes it can do a better job of preventing mental health problems in the ranks with more aggressive screening of troops -- before they ship out to a war zone.

After nine years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the military is coping with a wave of mental health issues, from post-traumatic stress disorder to depression and suicide.

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