Missing Questionnaires Give Soldier Mental Health Measures Bleak Outlook
December 1st, 2009
Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as the US armed services have acknowledged a need to devote greater attention and resources to the mental health of active duty, returning, and veteran soldiers. New initiatives towards this end are anticipated, but the discovery of tens of thousands of missing questionnaires filled out by returning troops is bound to prove detrimental to such initiatives. The questionnaires were given to soldiers to allow them to report any medical and mental health concerns, and to provide a confidential space in which to request the services of a counselor. The missing forms account for around twenty percent of the total volume, leaving some to wonder whether new mental health programs will be stunted before they’re deployed.
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While this is a rude shock for the agencies involved, instead of pointing fingers, they should try and make digital copies of questionnaires in the future, so that even if a number of them or even all of them go missing, no data is lost and support can be provided without any interruption.
This is gross irresponsibility of the individuals responsible for the safe-keeping of the questionnaires and although I do agree that pointing fingers is not going to lead to a solution, it must be made clear that such mistakes cannot be afforded again.
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