VA, DoD Coming to Grips with the Mental Health Costs of War

VA, DoD Coming to Grips with the Mental Health Costs of War, 29 October 2009, White House Blog
Posted by Brandon Friedman 

 
When troops leave the active military after service in Iraq and Afghanistan, many find themselves lost in a blur of reality shows and superficiality—in a world where nothing explodes but tempers, and in a place where the rush of combat is soon dulled by the slow drip of alcohol.  The symptoms of most Veterans might not be so pronounced, but there’s always someone living through this.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/10/28/va-dod-coming-grips-with-mental-health-costs-war