Word: mental
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...that this cynical take required revision. In the midst of an involved foray into the thickets of semiotic schemata, the professor paused to question the class: Did we know that the French founder of structural anthropology was—remarkably—still alive? A rapid bout of mental math assuring us that this was in fact possible, the statement made quite an impact. In a sea of Saussures and Sartres, the mausoleum of dead white men that European intellectual history inevitably erects, the bespectacled ethnographer’s continued existence traced out an impressively unbroken line from the heyday...
...poor, his personnel file was being reviewed and his communications with a radical cleric were being analyzed, Hasan was promoted from captain to major last May and dispatched in July to Fort Hood, the largest active Army base in the U.S.? One explanation is a desperate need for mental-health professionals. With its 50,000 soldiers and 150,000 family members and civilian personnel, Fort Hood has the highest toll of military suicides; posttraumatic-stress-disorder cases quadrupled from...
...benefits of social protection, including access to health care. Within the formal workforce, women often face challenges related to their lower status, suffer discrimination and sexual harassment, and have to balance the demands of paid work and work at home, giving rise to work-related fatigue, infections, mental ill-health and other problems...
...Nidal Malik Hassan, the alleged shooter, was to be transferred to Afghanistan on Friday to serve as a psychiatrist for troops stationed there. There is little doubt about the severity of mental stress soldiers face on the battlefield. Moreover, the work of military psychiatrists is invaluable to soldiers’ well-being. In the aftermath of this attack, what comes as a shock, however, is just how understaffed the U.S. Army is with 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...
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...