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Veterans

Jackpine Radical

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1. OK, maybe items on an application form might not have revealed the problems.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 08:47 AM

Sep 2013

How about extensive psych exams of all returning veterans, with therapy provided for those who need it, and support for those whose psychic wounds don't heal well?

The current system encourages people to conceal their problems rather than seeking help. So what we get is traumatized vets becoming cops and entering other high-stress occupations, becoming domestic mercenaries like the "Bulletproof" guys running around Northern Wisconsin with assault rifles to defend the Gogebic mine site. What could go wrong?

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Dempsey has doubts about probing mental health [View all] unhappycamper Sep 2013 OP

OK, maybe items on an application form might not have revealed the problems. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #1

That's what they say jakeXT Sep 2013 #2