'Brain profiling' to keep suicidal soldiers alive
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 13:28
in Psychology & Sociology
According to a recent Washington Post study, approximately 20% of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are psychologically damaged. Among them are a substantial number with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the high rate of suicide among PTSD sufferers has become unacceptable to Army commanders and the soldiers' families.