Mental Stress Training Is Planned for U.S. Soldiers (New York Times)

(and to this I say - where was this kind of intervention at the beginning of the war? It only took 6+ years.....)

August 18, 2009

PHILADELPHIA — The Army plans to require that all 1.1 million of its soldiers take intensive training in emotional resiliency, military officials say.

The training, the first of its kind in the military, is meant to improve performance in combat and head off the mental health problems, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide, that plague about one-fifth of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.

Active-duty soldiers, reservists and members of the National Guard will receive the training, which will also be available to their family members and to civilian employees.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/health/18psych.html.