Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, heralds the opening of a new mental-health clinic at Fort Drum, N.Y., in 2009 / Dod photo by Chad McNeeley
The military keeps talking about eliminating stigma related to seeking mental health treatment. Then why don't they change the policies that promote it?
To decrease stigma, the Army now uses the term “behavioral health." The Defense Department – of which the Army is a part -- prefers “psychological health." They have developed numerous training regimes for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, suicide prevention and the importance of seeking treatment. They have substantially
Read more: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/07/05/a-mixed-message-about-stigma-in-military-mental-health-care/#ixzz1RWNUhq92
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