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Suicide is the silent killer claiming lives of soldiers ...
Both in active duty and retired : Here are the alarming facts : The Most common causes are : Poor mental health screening and treatment , PTSD , Social stigma of mental health conditions , lack of health insurance , questionable drug therapy and an absence of counselling therapy . More soldiers from the UK and USA commit suicide than those who die in battle ; the highest suicide rate is among those who served in Afghanistan . Here is the scary thing , most of these soldiers did not see combat .
By Harley Dixon , The Telegraph , 14 Jul 2013 . http :// www . telegraph . co . uk / news / uknews / defence / 10178403 / More-British-soldierscommit-suicide-than-die-in-battle-figuressuggest . html
There is A hidden enemy in the Psychiatric prescriptions given to soldiers ...
According to the new documentary The Hidden Enemy : Inside Psychiatry ’ s Covert Agenda , all evidence points in one direction : the soaring rates of psychiatric drugs prescribed since 2003 . Known medication side effects of these drugs such as increased aggression and suicidal thinking are reflected in similar uptrends in the rates of military domestic violence , child abuse and sex crimes , as well as self-harm . ... diagnoses of psychological disorders such as PTSD , personality disorder and social anxiety disorder are almost inevitably followed by the prescription of at least one psychiatric drug .
Psychiatrists know that their drugs do not actually cure anything , but merely mask symptoms . They are well aware of their many dangerous side effects , including possible addiction . However , they claim that the risks of the medication side effects are exceeded by their benefits . And while the soldier ’ s real problem goes unaddressed , his health deteriorates .
Accessed from : The Citizen ’ s Commission of Human Rights website on 27.09 / 16 , http :// www . cchr . org / documentaries / the-hiddenenemy . html
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