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Hushing Up Crisis Of Suicide, Mental Scars掩盖的危机，自杀，精神的伤疤

By EMANUEL MARGOLIS由伊曼纽尔马戈利斯
May 25, 2008 2008年5月25日
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Dr. Ira Katz, chief of mental health services for the Department of Veterans Affairs, sent an e-mail to a VA colleague this past February that read:博士，爱尔兰共和军卡茨，行政的精神健康服务，为退伍军人事务部，发出电子邮件给VA部的同事，这在过去二月上面写着：

“Shh! “ shh ！ Our suicide prevention coordinators are identifying about 1,000 suicide attempts per month among the veterans we see in our medical facilities.我们的自杀预防协调员现正物色约1000企图自杀，每月之间的退伍军人，我们看到在我们的医疗设施。 Is this something we should (carefully) address ourselves in some sort of release before somebody stumbles on it?”这是我们应该（小心）地址自己在某种释放之前，有人就stumbles它“ ？

Unfortunately for the government, somebody did “stumble” on it.不幸的政府，有人却“蹒跚” 。 Dr. Katz lied about the numbers before the House of Representatives Veterans’ Affairs Committee, grossly understating the number of such suicide attempts.博士卡茨说谎的人数之前，美国国会众议院退伍军人事务委员会，严重低估了多少这类企图自杀。 He testified that the number for all of 2007 was 790.他作证说，人数为所有在2007年是790 。 He also neglected the Army’s own “Suicide Event Report,” which disclosed that 2006 saw the highest rate of military suicides in 26 years!他还忽略了军队的自己“自杀事件的报告”透露， 2006年看到率最高的军事自杀，在26年！

CBS News did its own extensive research, finding that more than 6,250 American veterans took their own lives in 2005 alone. CBS新闻没有自己的广泛的研究，发现以上的6250美国老兵了自己的生活，仅在2005年。 That comes to slightly more than 17 suicides every day.说来略多于17自杀的每一天。

Most of the data was obtained by discovery in the case of Veterans for Common Sense v. Peake, now pending in US District Court in大部分的数据，得到的发现，在案件的退伍军人为普通常识诉皮克，现在等待的美国地区法院 California加州 . 。 Veterans for Common Sense has spent years seeking this information under the Freedom of Information Act as well as through discovery ancillary to its lawsuit.退伍军人共同意识，已用了多年寻求这方面的资料，根据资讯自由法，以及通过附带发现其诉讼。

In the interest of full disclosure, I am a member of Veterans for Common Sense, and I have an application pending with the VA for an increase of my disability pension as a Purple Heart combat veteran of World War II.在利益的充分披露，我是会员的退伍军人为普通常识，我有一个应用程序之前，与VA部为增加了我的残疾抚恤金作为一个紫心勋章作战退伍军人在第二次世界大战。

The litigation against Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake is uncovering more than the familiar amalgam of government secrecy, cover-up and deception by still another federal agency.诉讼对退伍军人事务局局长詹姆斯皮克是查摆较熟悉的银汞合金政府保密，隐瞒和欺骗还有一个联邦机构。

The Department of Veterans Affairs is vital to the protection and support of our troops.该退伍军人事务部是非常重要的保护和支持我们的部队。 This support has carried an implied exception, namely cost-cutting for veterans’ health care after they have served their country.这种支持已进行隐含的例外，即削减成本，为退伍军人医疗后，他们在服务自己的国家。

The Veterans for Common Sense lawsuit has already demonstrated that the VA intentionally misled Congress and the public about the epidemic of veterans’ suicides.退伍军人共同意识，诉讼已经表明妇联故意误导国会和公众对疫情的退伍军人自杀。 Here are the facts squeezed out of the government to date:这里是事实排挤出政府日期：

• 120 veterans commit suicide every week. 120名退伍军人自杀，每星期。
• 1,000 veterans attempt suicide while in VA care every month. 1000年退伍军人企图自杀，而在VA部护理每个月都有。
• Nearly one in five service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan (approximately 300,000) have post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms or major depression.近一，在五个服务委员的选举从伊拉克和阿富汗（约30.0万）有创伤后应激障碍的症状或主要抑郁症。
• 19 percent of post-Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have been diagnosed with possible traumatic brain injury, according to a Rand Corp. Study in April. 19 ％后伊拉克和阿富汗的退伍军人已被诊断为可能的创伤性脑损伤，根据一项兰德公司的研究，在4月。
• A higher percentage of these veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder than from any previous war because of “stop loss” or an involuntary extension of service in the military (58,300), multiple tours, greater prevalence of brain injuries, etc.较高的百分比，这些退伍军人遭受创伤后应激障碍比以往任何战争，因为“停止损失”或自愿延长服务在军事上（ 58300 ） ，多个旅行团，更大的流行脑损伤等。

The Veterans for Common Sense case has already uncovered widespread breakdown of the VA’s health care for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.退伍军人为普通常识案已破获广泛的分项妇联的健康护理服务的退伍军人患有创伤后应激障碍。 The Rand Corp. study demonstrates that, in addition to the 300,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans diagnosed with PTSD, an additional 320,000 have sustained physical brain damage resulting from traumatic brain injury.兰德公司的研究表明，在除了要300000伊拉克和阿富汗战争的退伍军人诊断为创伤后应激障碍，增加32.0万有持续的物理脑损伤造成的创伤性脑损伤。 A majority of these injured GIs are receiving no help from the Defense Department or the VA, which are more concerned with covering up such unpleasant facts than providing care and paying disability pensions.大多数这些受伤的地理信息系统是接收没有什么帮助，从国防部门或妇联，这是更关心的掩饰这种不愉快的事实比提供照顾和支付伤残抚恤金。

The Rand Corp. study concludes:兰德公司的研究报告得出结论：

“Individuals afflicted with these conditions face higher risk for other psychological problems and for attempting suicide. “个人的困扰符合这些条件，面临的风险较高的其他心理问题及企图自杀。 They have higher rates of unhealthy behaviors — such as smoking, overeating and unsafe sex — and higher rates of physical health problems and mortality.他们有较高的不健康的行为-例如吸烟，暴食和不安全的性行为-和高利率的身体健康问题和死亡率。 … These conditions can impair relationships, disrupt marriages, aggravate the difficulties of parenting, and cause problems in children that may extend consequences of combat trauma across generations.” …这些条件可以损害的关系，破坏婚姻，加剧的困难，养育子女，并造成问题，在儿童可能扩大的后果，打击的创伤，跨越几代人“ 。

The Defense Department’s Task Force on Mental Health has begun to recognize “daunting and growing” psychological problems among our troops.国防部的专责小组，对心理健康已开始认识到“艰巨和日益扩大的”心理问题，其中我们的部队。 Nearly 40 percent of our soldiers, a third of our Marines, and half of the National Guard members are presenting with serious mental health issues.近40 ％的我们的士兵，第三个我们的海军陆战队，一半的国民卫队的成员介绍了严重的心理健康问题。

The administration and Congress must come to grips with this grave and growing problem among our returning vets.政府当局和国会，必须正视这一严重和日益严重的问题，在我们的选举兽医。 The suicide rates, domestic violence and the strain on families need to be recognized, and timely health care provided.该自杀率，家庭暴力和紧张的家庭需要得到承认，并及时提供的保健。 Proper screening and treatment are essential.适当的检查和治疗是必要的。 Our returning troops are entitled to nothing less.我们返回部队都有权没有少。

These are the real costs of这些是真正的成本 President Bush美国总统布什 ’s misbegotten and mismanaged wars.奇摩照不幸和管理不善的战争。 These are the costs that the administration seeks to hide while it attempts to make the test of patriotism the wearing of flag pins in our lapels!这些都是成本时表示，政府当局旨在隐藏，而它试图使测试的爱国主义佩戴国旗针在我们的lapels ！

It’s what is underneath those flag pins that really matters.它的是什么旗下的那些管脚真的事宜。 It is called compassion.这是所谓的同情心。 It is real patriotism as opposed to the fraud of “Mission Accomplished” and promises of victory.这是真正的爱国主义为反对欺诈“任务完成”和许诺的胜利。

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Emanuel Margolis is an attorney in 伊曼纽尔马戈利斯是一个检察长在 Stamford 斯坦福 , a former chairman of the American Civil Liberties ，前主席美国公民自由 Union 联盟 of Connecticut and an adjunct professor of First Amendment law at Quinnipiac Law School. 康涅狄格州和1客座教授的第一修正法案在昆尼皮亚克法学院。

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