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WASHINGTON - Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental- health problems, jumping in to help because the military is short on therapists.
On this Memorial Day, many of America's veterans are coping with depression, suicide and family, marital and job problems on a scale not seen since Vietnam. The government has been trying to hire psychiatrists and other professionals, recruit them with incentives or borrow them from other agencies.See the full content of this document
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Counselors Chip in to Help Veterans Deal with the War
Among those volunteering an hour a week to help is Brenna Chirby, a psychologist with a private practice in McLean, Va.
"It's only an hour of your time," said Chirby, who counsels a family member of a man deployed multiple times. "How can you not give that to these men and women that ... are going overseas and fi...See the full content of this document
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