Comments on: VA Concealing Number of Suicide Attempts http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/05/07/va-concealing-number-of-suicide-attempts/ "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."-Teddy Roosevelt Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:37:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Fran http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/05/07/va-concealing-number-of-suicide-attempts/#comment-5261 Fran Wed, 07 May 2008 20:16:23 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/?p=1508#comment-5261 For the longest time, the military refused to acknowledge PTSD even existed! In fact they have sent soldiers back into active service, ignoring the PTSD diagnosis. Even if they do release the numbers, you can rely on the numbers being manipulated. A person with PTSD who died in a fatal car crash, for instance would be placed in an *other* category. I'm guessing PTSD & suicide rates are not discussed by recruiters, luring children to be pawns in these war games. Frans last blog post..<a href="http://ramblings-fran.blogspot.com/2008/05/time-for-hillary-to-quit.html" rel="nofollow">Time for Hillary to quit</a> For the longest time, the military refused to acknowledge PTSD even existed! In fact they have sent soldiers back into active service, ignoring the PTSD diagnosis. Even if they do release the numbers, you can rely on the numbers being manipulated. A person with PTSD who died in a fatal car crash, for instance would be placed in an *other* category.
I’m guessing PTSD & suicide rates are not discussed by recruiters, luring children to be pawns in these war games.

Frans last blog post..Time for Hillary to quit

]]> By: Dusty http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/05/07/va-concealing-number-of-suicide-attempts/#comment-5248 Dusty Wed, 07 May 2008 18:03:00 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/?p=1508#comment-5248 Thank you Ness, we always look for good research sources here at Sirens. I will check your site out this afternoon and put a link to it in our Resources blogroll here at Sirens and on my personal blog. ReasonOne is a vet that has had to maneuver the VA healthcare system. Dustys last blog post..<a href="http://leftwingnutjob.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-raid-another-corrupt-bushco.html" rel="nofollow">Another raid, another corrupt BushCo employee.</a> Thank you Ness, we always look for good research sources here at Sirens. I will check your site out this afternoon and put a link to it in our Resources blogroll here at Sirens and on my personal blog.

ReasonOne is a vet that has had to maneuver the VA healthcare system.

Dustys last blog post..Another raid, another corrupt BushCo employee.

]]> By: Ness http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/05/07/va-concealing-number-of-suicide-attempts/#comment-5246 Ness Wed, 07 May 2008 17:13:57 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/?p=1508#comment-5246 In addition, it makes sense why the VA would try to cover up these things because if it starts getting out, getting acknowledged not just by people like us but by people using empirical research that war, particularly ones like Iraq and Afghanistan, have such detrimental effects on vets (duh!), how can the military-industrial complex continue with imperialism to this extreme? People would demand they be more choosy about where/who to declare war on if they understand the depth of the ill effects imperialist wars have on the people they are sending out to fight them. There is a new collection of nonprofit research on vets/health here-- http://www.issuelab.org/closeup In addition, it makes sense why the VA would try to cover up these things because if it starts getting out, getting acknowledged not just by people like us but by people using empirical research that war, particularly ones like Iraq and Afghanistan, have such detrimental effects on vets (duh!), how can the military-industrial complex continue with imperialism to this extreme? People would demand they be more choosy about where/who to declare war on if they understand the depth of the ill effects imperialist wars have on the people they are sending out to fight them. There is a new collection of nonprofit research on vets/health here– http://www.issuelab.org/closeup

]]> By: betmo http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/05/07/va-concealing-number-of-suicide-attempts/#comment-5031 betmo Wed, 07 May 2008 12:49:44 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/?p=1508#comment-5031 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a2_71Klo2vig&refer=home they are now saying that suicide related deaths will overtake combat deaths. i can see why they don't want to deal with the mental health issues. just like they don't want to deal with the bomb related head injuries. cuts into their profit. use em up and spit em out- should be their motto. disgusting. betmos last blog post..<a href="http://betblue.blogspot.com/2008/05/two-things.html" rel="nofollow">two things</a> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a2_71Klo2vig&refer=home

they are now saying that suicide related deaths will overtake combat deaths. i can see why they don’t want to deal with the mental health issues. just like they don’t want to deal with the bomb related head injuries. cuts into their profit. use em up and spit em out- should be their motto. disgusting.

betmos last blog post..two things

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