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COMMENTS: War Drives Soldiers Mad
CBS had Armen Keteyian follow up on yesterday's Investigation into the high suicide rate among both active duty military and military veterans. He found the Veterans Administration "struggling to cope" with a booming demand for mental healthcare. He cited statistics that fully 28% of veterans of army service in Iraq are mentally ill and that veterans comprise 25% of the homeless population. Why has the agency not expanded to handle such an influx? Keteyian quoted the explanation from activist Paul Sullivan, spokesman for Veterans for Common Sense: "We call it the don't-look-don't-find policy. The VA does not collect the data then it does not have to do anything about it."
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