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Role of combat in US Army suicides unclear: experts: (Agence France-Presse)
July 17, 2009
"It's not true that repeated deployments are the primary factor involved in the suicide issue," Robert Ursano of the Uniformed Services University in Maryland told reporters. "There's no question that repeated deployments increase stress on individuals, and increase stress on families and stress on the community. But it's a much more complicated picture," said Ursano, who is the director of a major new study looking at mental health and suicide in the US Army's ranks. click here to view
