America's medicated army/ Mark Thompson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2008Subject(s): In: Time June 16, 2008, pp.24-28Summary: This article reveals the heavy toll that the military has taken on the mental health of its troops. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have stretched the U.S. military to the breaking point and the Pentagon has quietly agreed on the use of anti-depressants by stressed-out troops. Thus the question whether the military's efforts to treat this problem may instead be making it worse.
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This article reveals the heavy toll that the military has taken on the mental health of its troops. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have stretched the U.S. military to the breaking point and the Pentagon has quietly agreed on the use of anti-depressants by stressed-out troops. Thus the question whether the military's efforts to treat this problem may instead be making it worse.

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