Many Veterans of Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan Lack Access to Mental Health Treatment

Type of Action: Heads up on mental health treatment

June 11, 2007

Soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan "are finding it more difficult" to receive mental health treatment because therapists say reimbursement rates for care are too low, the AP/Arizona Daily Star reports. According to the AP/Daily Star, about one-third of the 9.1 million people covered under the military health care system, called Tricare, seek mental health counseling in their first year after returning from war.

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