'Surge Home' Overwhelms VA Clinics
source: http://www.military.com/news/article/surge-home-overwhelms-va-clinics.html
September 03, 2009
Christian Science Monitor|by Gordon Lubold
WASHINGTON -- When he got home from war, Rey Leal's biggest problem was that he couldn't sleep as he tried to free himself of the images of combat in Iraq.
"My thing was turning off that movie in my head," says Mr. Leal, a former marine and now a student at a college in south Texas. Ultimately, he sought mental-health assistance at a Veterans Affairs clinic in the Rio Grande Valley. But he found navigating the bureaucratic tangle a strain: He waited a month or more for appointments with the sole psychologist there.
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Christian Science Monitor|by Gordon Lubold
WASHINGTON -- When he got home from war, Rey Leal's biggest problem was that he couldn't sleep as he tried to free himself of the images of combat in Iraq.
"My thing was turning off that movie in my head," says Mr. Leal, a former marine and now a student at a college in south Texas. Ultimately, he sought mental-health assistance at a Veterans Affairs clinic in the Rio Grande Valley. But he found navigating the bureaucratic tangle a strain: He waited a month or more for appointments with the sole psychologist there.
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N_Dank
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these vets need some dank!!! thats all they need! and they should be getting quarter ounces every week!
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