By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Apr 16, 2008 6:40:05 EDT
One of the chief architects of last year’s Wounded Warrior Act will press the service surgeons general about why the Defense Department doesn’t have enough psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health counselors to deal with the flood of combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., will have the opportunity to question the surgeons general at a Wednesday hearing before the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/04/military_mentalhealth_surgeonsgeneral_041508w/
