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Senator Murray Questions Defense Secretary Panetta on Military-Wide Mental Health Care Shortcomings

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Published on Jun 13, 2012

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee questioned U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on the Pentagon's commitment to ensuring accurate mental health diagnoses and treatment for servicemembers as the military continues to face an epidemic of military suicides. Murray's questioning, which comes one week after the Pentagon announced that there had already been 154 active duty military suicides this year, focused on expanding a comprehensive Army review of mental health evaluations and diagnoses and new Army directives on mental health care to other branches of the military. The Army's recently announced review comes on the heels of a review of mental health diagnoses at Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington state that has already returned PTSD diagnoses to over a hundred servicemembers who had in many cases been accused of faking symptoms.

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  • ntskl

    ntskl 1 month ago

    How to decrease disproportionate veteran suicide rates and rates of mental disease diagnosis in one simple step: stop sending Americans to fight useless wars for Israel.

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  • rosemarymcgaughy

    rosemarymcgaughy 5 months ago

    wow. big job to go back to 2001 and review all cases. we need to make sure that people are protected during that process. these cases need to be dealt with appropriately. please make sure workers are qualified to handle these situations.

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  • 4812191

    4812191 5 months ago

    I am a died in the wool conservative veteran and a person that benefits from veterans medical benefits. However, you go girl, I support patty murray and her powerful support of VA medical benefits everywhere including Washington state.

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  • redmorgan2000

    redmorgan2000 5 months ago

    ,My Husbond Has PTSD and Age Org. But They wont help him they said he did not have PTSD any more,Iknow he has this and all the rest,we are loseing our home and the VA dont do anything to help him but give him MED to keep him down and this is so rong,He dont see a doctor just a RN,when we have to go to settle thats, gas at$ 4.35 we live in Graham,,But they will not help him with his dis.they keep saying no,I can Send you his Med Reg.All copes,so he keeps trying fighting for our men &woman

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  • sgtngo02

    sgtngo02 5 months ago

    About time. I was told after suffering a tbi that my PTSD was prior to joining.

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  • skepticandatheist

    skepticandatheist 5 months ago

    Thank you, Senator Murray! You are what makes the system work. Hold his feet to the fire, and if he does not deliver, you hand him his head on a platter.

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  • Psy0psAgent

    Psy0psAgent 5 months ago

    Do dog tags melt in jet fuel?

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  • mgathena

    mgathena 5 months ago

    Thank-you, Senator Murray, for sticking up for the service people who are caught in the system. I so appreciate your pushing for action! Proud to have you as my Senator!

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  • Marilyn Redmond

    Marilyn Redmond 5 months ago

    Medical people do not understand suicide and prescribe drugs, which still keep the person in fantasy stopping the ability to mature from being drugged. Therefore, when I help people as a spiritual counselor I share my experience, strength and hope from a person who has been there and understands. Most psychologists have letters behind their name, but have no clue as to the dynamics from their own experience. There is a real solution that is disregarded.

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  • santapainter

    santapainter 5 months ago

    Keep up the good work!

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