From the VA:
The AP (8/26, Maurer, Watson) says US Marines “stressed from repeated tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan are seeking help like never before, and their suicide rate is the highest in the military after doubling in just the past three years.”
But even “with more mental-health professionals sent to bases to help,” the Marine Corps has had “trouble keeping up with demand.” After noting that a “report ordered by Congress last year and sent to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said the service branches’ prevention programs are inefficient,” the AP says the “14-member panel of military and civilian doctors” that conducted the report “recommended dozens of changes, including the creation of a high-level office to set strategy and coordinate prevention programs across branches.”
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