US soldiers’ extreme suicide rate is higher than number of soldiers killed by enemy.

These people are going through experiences and/or are treated with medications that cause extreme suicide rates. In addition because of the destruction of the economy their chances to readjust into normal social life is a lot lower.

Somebody is engaged in the mass production of mental disorders out there:
“178,483 veterans of the two wars had been diagnosed with one or more mental illnesses between 2002 and September 2008.”

In addition the numbers do NOT include the “accidental” drug overdose death cases…
“As there is an average of 10 failed suicide attempts for each actual loss of life, the figures suggest that more than 1,600 serving army and marine personnel tried to kill themselves last year.
Army Secretary Pete Geren told the Associated Press that "we cannot tell you" why the number of military suicides was rising. It is indisputable, however, that it is linked to the stresses on soldiers caused by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2002, the army suicide rate was just 9.8 per 100,000. The last time it exceeded the civilian rate was in the late 1960s, at the highpoint of the US war in Vietnam.
An estimated 30 percent of soldiers who took their own lives in 2008 did so while on deployment. Another 35 percent committed suicide after returning from a tour of duty. In one reported case, a highly regarded marine pilot hanged himself just one month before he was scheduled to return to Iraq.
Dozens of men and women who have left the armed forces since serving in Afghanistan or Iraq also committed suicide in 2008. The Department of Veterans Affairs recorded 144 such cases. The suicide rate among veterans aged 20 to 24 was 22.9 per 100,000 in 2007—four times higher than non-veterans in the same age bracket. A hotline for veterans has received over 85,000 calls since mid-2007 and arranged some 2,100 suicide prevention interventions.”
“Veterans Affairs (VA) reported in January that 178,483 veterans of the two wars had been diagnosed with one or more mental illnesses between 2002 and September 2008. The conditions diagnosed included 92,998 cases of possible PTSD; 63,009 possible depressive disorders; 50,569 neurotic disorders; 35,937 cases of affective psychoses; 27,246 cases of drug abuse and 16,217 cases of alcohol dependency.”

Is this true?

“120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week
The military refuses to come clean, insisting the high rates are due to "personal problems," not experience in combat.

November 26, 2007 |
Earlier this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments of all 50 states requesting their official records of death by suicide going back 12 years. They heard back from 45 of the 50. From the mountains of gathered information, they sifted out the suicides of those Americans who had served in the armed forces. What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/13/cbsnews_investigates/main3496471.shtml

“Today, the Minister of Veterans Affairs, the Hon Bruce Scott released the long-awaited report into the incidence of suicide in children of Vietnam Veterans. The report confirms that children of Vietnam veterans have three times the suicide rate of the general community.”
http://www.suicidewall.com/faq/massive-suicide-rate-for-vietnam-veterans%E2%80%99-children-vietnam-veterans-association-of-australia-2000/

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/suic-f04.shtml

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