Army suicides down; study says a third of vets diagnosed with mental health disordersWASHINGTON — Suicides reported among soldiers have tapered off from extreme highs of early this year amid intense Army efforts to stem the deaths, but officials are not yet ready to say they have turned a corner on the problem. Australia tries to heal ailing Aboriginal communities with ‘tough love’ _ but is it enough?WADEYE, Australia — Along the dusty red road that leads from the lonely airstrip into town, the signs flash by: “No alcohol,” says one. “Petrol sniffing kills,” admonishes another. “Don’t bring gunja into our town,” warns a third. Guantanamo detainee who allegedly committed suicide had been prisoners’ representativeSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo Bay detainee who left his cell to meet with military commanders as prisoner representative never returned, and was instead sent to a psychiatric ward where he died five months later, a former detainee recalled. New details emerge about Guantanamo detainee who allegedly committed suicideSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Almost five months before he was found dead at Guantanamo Bay, a detainee volunteered to represent prisoners in talks with the military and left his jailhouse for a meeting with the detention camp’s most senior commanders. But he never returned — from then on, he was held in the prison’s psychiatric ward, a former detainee recalled. Army OKs plan to stem rise in soldier suicides; a suspected 56 in first quarter of 2009WASHINGTON — The Army has approved new guidance to military commanders in an effort to stem the rising toll of soldier suicides. |
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