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hopemountain

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6. made me very happy to see this act come into policy

Reply to freshwest (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 04:21 AM

Feb 2015

it is personal for me. a dear relative returned from iraq with trauma & injuries following an ied explosion. he showed me his gallon size ziplock bag with 27 different medications. the military places a huge stigma on counseling or any type of physicological address - i.e., shhh...... "therapy". hopefully, they will address eliminating this stigma as they encourage our soldiers to reach out and that it is okay to not only ask for help - but to receive and accept effective treatment - not in the form of 27 different prescriptions to all be taken at the same time. grrrrrrr.....

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BOG POST: President Obama Signs the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act [View all] freshwest Feb 2015 OP

^^^^This^^^^ sheshe2 Feb 2015 #1

Such an important Bill.. thank you, freshwest.. sorry, I missed it when you first posted! Cha Feb 2015 #2

This is the thing the Texas 'life long' Republican woman begged her TP loon to support. We'll see... freshwest Feb 2015 #3

Thanks.. as a rule.. if it helps Americans they won't do it bc they think it helps Obama. Cha Feb 2015 #4

Remembering Clay Hunt: freshwest Feb 2015 #5

made me very happy to see this act come into policy hopemountain Feb 2015 #6