Spotlight: Mental Health - Despair Leads to Suicide -- Veterans Face Stigma, Lack of Care
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › May 30, 2007
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WASHINGTON - In the three months after Marine Maj. John Ruocco returned from Iraq feeling numb and depressed, he couldn't sleep. He had lost weight. He had nightmares. He was distracted and withdrawn from his two young sons.
One night, he promised his wife, Kim, that he would get help. The next morning, he was dead. The 40-year-old Cobra helicopter pilot, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., had hanged himself.See the full content of this document
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Spotlight: Mental Health - Despair Leads to Suicide -- Veterans Face Stigma, Lack of Care
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Casualties: There are others. Army reservist Joshua Omvig. Army Capt. Michael Pelkey. Marines Jonathan Schulze and Jeffrey Lu...See the full content of this document
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