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GWEN IFILL (Newshour): As American involvement, including multiple deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq, winds down, a recent and disturbing trend is drawing new attention: an increase in the rate of Army suicides. And new research shows soldiers may be at greater risk even before they enlist.
Jeffrey Brown has more.
JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): The work was published in a series of papers in “James Marks Psychiatry” and done by independent researchers funded, in part, by the Army.
Among the key findings: One in 10 soldiers qualified for a diagnosis of what’s known as intermittent explosive disorder. That rate is six times higher than in the civilian population. Soldiers also came into the Army with a higher rate of behavioral disorders such as substance abuse or ADHD than civilians.
Dr. Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medical School is one of the principal investigators. He joins us now.
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