http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3256.htmland yes Pravda just like CNN has a few credible stories
your not going to get these articles on Fox or CNN or ABC
H.R. 3256 would reduce post traumatic stress disorder and other combat-related stress disorders among military personnel.
they want to give drugs to our soldiers due to the high suicide rates
http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,122151,00.html?wh=whI first learned about the Psychological Kevlar Act early in 2006 when I was given a chance to offer some input as it was being planned. The full text of the bill is on Congress's website. The most innovative element of the Psychological Kevlar Act is the fact that it focuses on beefing up efforts to PREVENT the development of mental illness from combat stress exposure. Prevention will certainly save tax dollars, but more importantly, it will save military families a great deal of pain.
How can we prevent psychological injuries? Well, currently we teach our new Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen how to take care of their bodies and equipment in combat. But we don't equip them with much in the way of psychological coping tools until just before they deploy. I believe that preventive mental health skills need to be taught from the moment they enter basic training. Learning "mental health first aid" right from the start would create a climate of awareness and reduce the stigma associated with seeking help later if it's needed. Taking care of their mental health would become just another thing they do, same as taking care of their physical health and their weapons, because all three elements are crucial to being an effective warfighter.
In the fall of 2006, the Psychological Kevlar Act, H.R. 6003, was introduced by Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI). As it made the rounds of Capitol Hill, a Vietnam vet I know, Michael Lund, wrote an editorial supporting the bill that was published in Virginia's Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper. Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) saw that editorial, became a co-sponsor, and made the bill bipartisan. That's an important step for any bill.
And one ordinary citizen, Michael, helped make it happen.
All of us can be like Mike. The Psychological Kevlar Act is going to be reintroduced in the new Congress. It may get a new name; it will definitely be assigned a new number. But it will still have the same goal of preventing and healing psychological injury.
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I put Pravda up because it was an interview with Aldrich
Its credible article