Quality Mental Health and Military Service Inseparable

Congress does nothing actually did something.Hartford Courant article by Lisa Chedekel and Matthew Kauffman said leaders of Congress have signed a bill Friday "that would require the US military to develop mental health screening for combat troops and establish clear rules mental aptitude for deployment in war zones. "The fact that this situation went down into legislation is worrying to say the least. Mentally unfit soldiers were sent directly to the second and third tours of duty in Iraq, with disastrous consequences, including suicide. 

 The law stipulates that more through review of mental health should take place before service members are fit for deployment.  

Standards should be set to determine whether a service member must be returned for a mental health examination, as listed by the legislation under the current. The law also says that minimum standards of mental health should be developed for sending troops into battle.The legislation was an amendment that was attached to the defense authorization form approved by a conference committee of members of the House and Senate. It was a piece of legislation that the penalty is added an attachment, instead of the usual diet of pork Washington.This report on the lack of supervision in relation to mental health of American soldiers in a series of special report entitled "mentally incapacitated forced to fight."  

The newspaper reported that, according to records of the Department of Defense, troops under 1-300 that were deployed were referred for evaluations.  

The army acknowledged in studies over 9 percent of deploying troops had serious psychiatric problems, according to the Courant, but only 0.3 percent of all deployed 300 troops were referred for evaluations.Some soldiers were sent to Iraq despite suffering from PTSD or PTSD. Some soldiers even have maintained the struggle without the advice of their mental health.

 The Courant reported that the Comptroller General of the United States should assess whether the military after the new law and report to Congress in early 2008 under the new legislation.Although the law is certainly a step in the right direction, to be applied immediately, regardless of whether it is election season.