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    Army Report - Depression Up, Morale Down, Suicides Up

    An Army report released March 8, 2008 says 89% of Army soldiers in Iraq report low morale. In Afghanistan our soldiers are exoeriencing increased rates of depression.

    The report was based on a survey of over 2,200 soldiers in Iraq and about 900 in Afghanistan. The report also includes information from over 400 medical professionals, chaplains, psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health workers serving with the troops.

    The report states that one out of every five soldiers deployed to Iraq suffer from some mental health problem. For those on second and third deployments, about a third suffer from mental health problems. Thats 20% to 33% of our soldiers suffering from depression.

    The Army wants time off for soldiers match time deployed — but that’s opposed by the Bush administration. ABC News Story

    At least 121 Army soldiers committed suicide in 2007, according to a recent report, an increase of about 20 percent over the year before. The numbers released in January said that there were 89 suicides last year and 32 other deaths that were still under investigation as possible suicides.

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