Pentagon may drop mental health question
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U.S. troops would no longer be asked to reveal previous mental health treatment when applying for security clearances under a proposal being considered by the Pentagon.
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WASHINGTON -- Many Iraq war soldiers, veterans and their families are not getting needed psychological help because a stressed military's mental health system is overwhelmed and understaffed, a task force of psychologists found.
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Top officials in the Bush administration and on Capitol Hill said yesterday that the federal government must move quickly to revamp the nation's system for identifying and caring for military personnel with the invisible wounds of mental illness.
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Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on herself last year in Iraq, attempted to kill herself Monday evening. In so doing, the...
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The Pentagon took steps on Tuesday  aimed at better preventing sexual assaults in the U.S. military  in a policy change that followed a spate of assaults against  servicewomen serving in Iraq by their male comrades.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers considering more stringent warning labels for antidpressants linked to suicidal thoughts among children told the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday that they may consider more than just a label change.    One member of the panel asked the drug agency whether they could require that those prescribing the drugs undergo training to better recognize warning signs...
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Some outside scientists wondered whether a Department of Veterans Affairs panel was stretching thin data to tell veterans what they wanted to hear in the committee's recent report.
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Psychiatrists say it's a common scenario Â troubled patients stop taking their medicine, because of cost, side effects, the stigma, or delusions that they don't need it. The consequences can be tragic, though rarely as horrific as the Valentine's Day suicide-slaughter at Northern Illinois University.
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NEW YORK  - People with advanced cancer may suffer substantial emotional distress, but relatively few may be discussing it with their doctors, new research suggests.
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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates promised Thursday to speed up changes to the military's much-criticized mental health system, declaring "this is something that we can, must and will get fixed."
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Military service may insulate candidates from 'weak on defense' charges.
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A new study reveals that 1/3rd of returning veterans have a diagnosed mental illness, and young soldiers are paticularly vulnerable
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The United States is trying to gauge whether an incident at sea last weekend indicated Russia was resuming a Cold War "mind-set" and is considering how the Pentagon should respond, a senior U.S. military official said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Army will start training all soldiers on Wednesday to recognize signs of post-traumatic stress and seek help when needed, but it still lacks the mental health resources to treat those troops.
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N.Y.U. is dropping a controversial ad campaign aimed at raising awareness of childrenâs mental health disorders.
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Psychiatrists codemn the closure of a unit offering help to people with complex mental health problems.
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A collaborative care program  reduces thoughts of suicide, and potentially the risk of actual  suicide, among depressed elderly people, a study shows.