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Why so many Mental Health Programs never work

For years now, I have been railing about the mental health services in this country.  My biggest concern is the cost and next is the availability to those who actually need it.  I’ve read several articles and opinions about mental health and many of them say the biggest obstacle is those who need it seeking it and while that does have a scent of truth, it’s more like those who need it don’t know where or have access to it.  I finally decided to just created my own Suicide Prevention page on Facebook to offer any assistance and was content to let it go at that, until my wife sent me this article. It was written by Christie Aschwanden for Health & Science titled “ Military life is stressful on all concerned; efforts to help often fall short” .  The article touches on a number of subjects and is well-written.  It makes points that once seemed only obvious to me.  In it she writes “The military has never been a particularly family-friendly career. (Thu...