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H.R. 1308, The Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act (1 comment ↓ | 4 wiki edits)
H.R. 1308 would direct the Secretary of Defense to adopt a program of professional and confidential screenings to detect mental health injuries acquired during deployment in support of a contingency operation and ultimately to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans.
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John Westervelt
November 5, 2009, 10:05am (report abuse)I think this bill addresses real concerns about the too many suicides in the military. The assumption that members of the armed forces might hesitate to seek counseling and get referals from the military because they fear the stigma of mental health concerns on their records, seems rational and probably a real cause for why many in the military don't seek help.