Army: Depression Increases After Multiple Tours

Lalita Amos | 03/06/2008 - 21:42

File this one under the "No Foolin'" Category:

Army: Depression Increases After Multiple Tours - The Army released its annual mental health survey Thursday and found that one in 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. The Army medical command is now recommending well times to match time deployed -- an initiative that's opposed by the Bush administration.

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