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September 10, 2010
NY Times Say Pentagon, Congress Should Target Suicide Prevention As "Vital Wartime Mission."
The New York Times (9/2, A34) editorializes that "military and civilian experts" from the Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide have conducted an "ambitious, yearlong study," one "ordered by Congress in facing the fact that the suicide tally" for the US military "has been increasing despite intensified prevention programs."
After noting that the task force said the main factors contributing to the increasing tally include lengthy combat deployments, the continuing stigmatization of seeking mental health services, and the lack of a top-level Pentagon anti-suicide office and suicide prevention policy, the Times argues that the task force has "laid out a mandate for Congress and the Pentagon to target suicide as a most vital wartime mission."
Related Links:
- When Warriors Hurt Themselves," Editorial, The New York Times, September 1, 2010.
Posted by admin at September 10, 2010 07:36 PM