A recent report released by the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee says that our Veteran counseling centers are extremely unprepared for the vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The number of vets seeking counseling DOUBLED between March ‘05 and June ‘06. Almost half of the Vet Centers said they were forced to place people in group therapy who actually needed individual counseling. And 27% said they were restricting family and marriage counseling. There are waiting lists in over 25% of the Centers. The least we can do for people who risk their lives for our safety and freedom is provide them with mental health care. The administration needs to focus on and make sure this problems addressed in this shocking report are resolved.
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