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Irregular Army: The rise of mental illness in the US military
The Army’s top mental health expert, Col. Elspeth Ritchie, does not mince his words when discussing why the US military has taken such a disturbing attitude to mental illness. “The challenge for us,” he said, “is that the Army has a mission to fight. And, as you know, recruiting has been a challenge. And so we have to weigh the needs of the mission, with the soldiers’ personal needs.”