Comments on: Veterans Seek Better Mental Health Treatment through Court http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/veterans-seek-better-mental-health-treatment-through-court/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robin http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/veterans-seek-better-mental-health-treatment-through-court/#comment-21724 Robin Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:54:27 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4392#comment-21724 I just don't know what to think about hearing something like this. These are the very men and women who are risking their lives minute by minute to protect us overseas and this is the kind of thanks that they get? I would think that the Dept of Vet Affairs would want to do a better job of keeping issues like this at bay given that it is getting harder and harder to get good young men and women to sign up to go into the armed services. If you can't take care of your own then why should someone even bother to give you that kind of sacrifice? I just don’t know what to think about hearing something like this. These are the very men and women who are risking their lives minute by minute to protect us overseas and this is the kind of thanks that they get? I would think that the Dept of Vet Affairs would want to do a better job of keeping issues like this at bay given that it is getting harder and harder to get good young men and women to sign up to go into the armed services. If you can’t take care of your own then why should someone even bother to give you that kind of sacrifice?

]]> By: CraigH. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/veterans-seek-better-mental-health-treatment-through-court/#comment-21686 CraigH. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:33:03 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4392#comment-21686 Having to go to court to get what is rightfully theirs by any standards of moral decency is appalling. These men and women made their sacrifices. There should be no question nor delay. Perhaps the military wants to hide the extent of mental health problems that vets endure. I don't imagine that's broadcast on the recruitment posters under reasons to join the military. Having to go to court to get what is rightfully theirs by any standards of moral decency is appalling. These men and women made their sacrifices. There should be no question nor delay.

Perhaps the military wants to hide the extent of mental health problems that vets endure. I don’t imagine that’s broadcast on the recruitment posters under reasons to join the military.

]]> By: Francis W. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/veterans-seek-better-mental-health-treatment-through-court/#comment-21685 Francis W. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:27:33 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4392#comment-21685 How can any government official or court read that there are 1000 suicide attempts a month among vets and sleep soundly in their bed if they do nothing? Those veterans had to go to war. If they had stayed at home, perhaps they would not be suffering the mental health issues they are today. Give them what they are more than entitled to. How can any government official or court read that there are 1000 suicide attempts a month among vets and sleep soundly in their bed if they do nothing? Those veterans had to go to war. If they had stayed at home, perhaps they would not be suffering the mental health issues they are today. Give them what they are more than entitled to.

]]> By: Martha T. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/veterans-seek-better-mental-health-treatment-through-court/#comment-21664 Martha T. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:58:34 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4392#comment-21664 It's disgraceful to treat veterans in such a manner. The government can always find money when it needs to. Think back a few months to the bailout money being distributed to corporations. The cash is there. They need to loosen the purse strings and now. This is life and death. It’s disgraceful to treat veterans in such a manner. The government can always find money when it needs to. Think back a few months to the bailout money being distributed to corporations. The cash is there. They need to loosen the purse strings and now. This is life and death.

]]> By: Alice http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/veterans-seek-better-mental-health-treatment-through-court/#comment-21635 Alice Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:47:12 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4392#comment-21635 So sad that the men and women who are put out there to fight for our country are having to fight the department which supposedly has their best interests at heart with a lawsuit to simply ensure that they get the medical care that they need and deserve. It is a shame that the department does not think of them any more highly than this. So sad that the men and women who are put out there to fight for our country are having to fight the department which supposedly has their best interests at heart with a lawsuit to simply ensure that they get the medical care that they need and deserve. It is a shame that the department does not think of them any more highly than this.

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