Suicide is also rife in both Afghanistan and Iraq for American soldiers, too. On the other hand, whereas in Afghanistan there were only four reported suicides this past year, in Iraq some 34 Americans have reportedly killed themselves—the highest rate during the past 5 years.
CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS & CONTINUED UNDERCOUNTS
A series of military, medical and governmental reports and draft-reports have reviewed the mental health of veterans.
The following are some of the recommendations which have been made time-and-again to help troops in-and-out of battle zones:
(1) Give them longer home time between deployments
(2) Undertake more focused suicide prevention training
(3) Give more insurance for marital and family counseling
Since the wars began, the U.S. military has actually raised the length of the tour of duty for U.S. forces in both war theatres.
In addition, it has also been recommended in a recent Army report that much additional private or civilian psychiatric help for the battlefield areas needs to be hired and deployed, i.e. as the VA and military are currently overwhelmed.
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