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May 24, 2007

Military Mental Health Treatment

Witnesses testified about the ways in which the U.S. military deals with the treatment of mental health problems. Topics included the effect… read more

Witnesses testified about the ways in which the U.S. military deals with the treatment of mental health problems. Topics included the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on families and the ways in which the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are handling with screening, testing, tracking, and treating those affected with mental disorders. close

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Michael Bloodworth Specialist U.S. Army
Carol Coons Mother

Richard Coons Father
Elijah Cummings U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
John A. Fairbank Member Institute of Medicine->Committee on Veterans' Compensation for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Paul Hodes U.S. Representative [D] New Hampshire
Thomas R. Insel M.D. Director National Institute of Mental Health
Darrell Issa U.S. Representative [R] California
Michael E. Kilpatrick Deputy Director Department of Defense->Deployment Health Support
Dennis Kucinich U.S. Representative [D] Ohio
Tammie LeCompte Spouse
Chris Murphy U.S. Representative [D] Connecticut
Gale S. Pollock Surgeon General (Acting) U.S. Army
John P. Sarbanes U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
Thomas Smith Specialist U.S. Army
John Tierney U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
Diane Watson U.S. Representative [D] California
Henry Waxman U.S. Representative [D] California
Peter Welch U.S. Representative [D] Vermont
John Yarmuth U.S. Representative [D] Kentucky
Antonette Zeiss Deputy Chief Consultant Department of Veterans Affairs->Office of Mental Health Services

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Program ID:: 198277-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: May 24, 2007 | 10:11pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: May 27, 2007 | 10:38am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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May 24, 2007 | 10:11pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 25, 2007 | 5:55am EDT | C-SPAN 2
May 25, 2007 | 8:02pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 27, 2007 | 10:38am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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