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Pentagon: Troops should get counseling
The Pentagon today urged troops to get psychiatric counseling for wartime mental health problems, saying it will not be used to deny them security clearances for sensitive jobs.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a new policy under which troops and civilian defense employees will no longer have to reveal previous mental health treatment unless it was court-ordered or involved violence.
He spoke to reporters after he visited with patients at a new center at Fort Bliss, Texas, designed to treat soldiers returning from war with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The new policy is aimed at reducing stigma that keeps many troops from getting the help they need.
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