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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

the hartford courant does a special report

on the mental health and well being of our troops. it has been picked up by the national media, but here are the links to all of the stories, in the same place. it's an eye opening series. props to the courant and it's reporters for their investigation AND bringing it to our attention.

About This Special Report

May 14 2006 To report this series, The Courant obtained records under the federal Freedom of Information Act, including never-before-released pre-deployment screening data for nearly a million troops and investigative reports into dozens of service members' deaths. The Courant also interviewed more than 100 mental health experts, service members, family members and friends. The military does not publicly identify suicide cases. But The Courant was able to identify - in most cases for the first time - the service members who killed themselves in Iraq through records and interviews. Details of their deaths came from investigative reports and interviews with family, friends and fellow troops.
Contact Lisa Chedekel at chedekel@courant.com and Matthew Kauffman at kauffman@courant.com
`Jeffrey Was Really Messed Up'

Mentally Unfit, Forced To Fight

Slipping Through The System

Health Chief Responds

Amid Patriotism, Anger And Questions

Potent Mixture: Zoloft & A Rifle

Still Suffering, But Redeployed

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