Military and Veteran Suicides Rise Despite Aggressive Prevention Efforts

Published September 15, 2013

Military And Veteran Suicides Rise Despite Aggressive Prevention Efforts

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Drug and alcohol abuse rose as well through the decade; in 2011 alone, the Army sent 24,000 soldiers to substance abuse programs. The number of those in the active-duty force who tested positive for heroin jumped from 45 in 2005 to 194 in 2011. "We are …
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NIH Study Finds Chronic Alcohol Use Shifts Brain's Control of Behavior

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Such changes could contribute to the emergence of habitual and compulsive patterns of behavior in alcohol abuse, and suggest that treatments designed to normalize striatal function may be an important approach for alcohol treatment. Dr. Holmes and his …
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