From today’s Army Times: “Two congressional bills calling for mental health screening of all military recruits are drawing more attention following the April 2 shootings at Fort Hood, Texas. The bipartisan Medical Evaluation Parity for Service Members bill, HR 4305, was introduced by Rep. Thompson in March before Army Spc. Ivan Lopez wounded 16 soldiers, killed three others and then turned his gun on himself. Afterward, a companion bill, S 2231, was drafted in the Senate, and military and veterans service organizations began weighing in… “An extensive Army study on soldier mental health and resilience found that one in five soldiers enters the service with a psychiatric disorder and nearly half who tried suicide first attempted it before enlisting… “The MEPS Act is long overdue in addressing the need to establish a workable baseline to identify the signature mental health injuries of the current wars,” said Army Col. Peter Duffy, legislative director for the National Guard Association of the United States…”
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:14:05 +0000
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