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...regard to mental-health specialists. Currently, only 408 psychiatrists are serving over 550,000 soldiers. Not only is the Army understaffed, but little attention is paid to the psychiatrists themselves, who can be mentally affected by the trauma described by their patients. While we are hesitant to guess at Hassan??€™s motives, the case has exposed this real lack of mental-health resources in the military...
...previously troubled by the accounts of war veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Records further indicate that he had been upset about being assigned to Afghanistan, possibly due to his religious beliefs. Still, media and government officials should refrain from jumping to conclusions concerning the role of Maj. Hassan??€™s religious background in this incident. Some rashly speculated that this was an organized terrorist attack, but such claims have since been disproved. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, for instance, suggested that Hassan had become extremist in his views. Whether this drove his actions, though, is for an investigation...
What is most worrisome is that a very troubled individual could be left to treat soldiers suffering from mental-health issues. Holistically, this reveals a structural problem in the Army’s health services that should be investigated. And while these deficiencies in no way excuse Hassan??€™s actions, we do hope that his trial will allow for an examination of the system of mental-health offerings in the Army—much like the mass shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007 caused many colleges and universities to reevaluate their mental-health support. The Army must consider...
...Afghani boy, Amir, and his best friend, a young servant-boy named Hassan. The two friends endure a difficult parting-of-ways, and Amir and his father must ultimately leave Afghanistan for America when the Soviets invade. Years later, Amir returns to Kabul in order to save Hassan??€™s son, a boy he has never met, so that he can atone for past transgressions. The story is an ambitious one, filled with surprises and spanning decades of Afghani history. The screenplay stays true to the original novel, and Hosseini’s heart-wrenching, page-turning story makes...
...trash, and bends down to wipe up the mess with a dirty wad of cotton. Yet he doesn’t cry; the room echoes with labored breaths and his mother’s muted sobbing. Perhaps she is remembering a strikingly similar scene from six months ago, when Hassan??€™s twin brother died of pneumonia.This morning, I asked a pediatrician if Hassan had been tested for AIDS. He shook his head and explained, in halting French and broken English, “With children, there’s no point in invoking a social stigma when there?...
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