Robert Langreth, 08.26.10, 11:20 AM EDT , Forbes Magazine dated September 13, 2010
Hit by rising suicide rates in the wake of two long wars, the Pentagon has suddenly become a prime mover in researching treatments for the suicidal. “They are leading the charge. There is nobody doing more for suicide prevention than the VA and the DOD,” says Catholic University psychologist David Jobes.  The suicide problem first emerged in 2004 among soldiers in Iraq, says Colonel Carl Castro, a psychologist at the Army’s Medical Research & Materiel Command. Now the suicide rate for the whole Army, which historically has been low, exceeds the rate for civilians.
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