VA confirms 18 vets attempt suicide every day VA部18日证实，兽医自杀及企图自杀的每一天
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 周三， 2008年4月23日
By Jason Leopold |由Jason利奥波德|
VA Tried to Conceal Extent of Attempted Veteran Suicides, Email Shows. VA部试图掩饰的程度，企图自杀的退伍军人，电子邮件显示。 Top officials at the Veterans Administration tried to conceal information from the public about the sudden increase of attempted suicides among veterans that were treated or sought help at VA hospitals around the country, a previously undisclosed internal VA email indicates.高层官员在退伍军人政府试图掩盖的信息从公众对突然增加的自杀未遂之间的退伍军人被处理或求助的VA部在医院周围的国家，一个先前未公开的内部电子邮件显示， VA部。
The email was disclosed Tuesday in a federal trial at a courthouse in Northern California where two veterans advocacy groups filed a class-action lawsuit against the VA alleging that a systematic breakdown at the VA has led to an epidemic of suicides among war veterans.电子邮件透露，周二在一个联邦审判在法庭在北加州两名退伍军人倡导团体提起集体诉讼对VA部，指一个有系统的崩溃在VA部，促成了一个流行的自杀之间的战争的退伍军人。 These groups claim the VA has turned away veterans who have sought help for posttraumatic stress disorder and were suicidal.这些团体声称VA部已扭头老兵求助，为创伤后应激障碍和人自杀。 Some of the veterans, the lawsuit claims, later took their own lives.一些退伍军人，诉讼索赔，后来自己的生命。
The organizations who filed the lawsuit, Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth, want a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction to force the VA to immediately treat veterans who show signs of PTSD and are at risk of suicide and overhaul internal system that handles benefits claims.该组织提起诉讼，退伍军人，为普通常识和美国的退伍军人，为真理，希望联邦法官发出的初步禁制令，迫使VA部立即处理老兵迹象显示创伤后应激障碍，并在自杀的危险及检修内部制度处理索赔的好处。 PTSD is said to be the most prevalent mental disorder arising from combat.创伤后应激障碍是说是最普遍的精神错乱所带来的打击。
The Feb. 13., 2008, email, disclosed in federal court Tuesday, was sent to Ira Katz, the VA’s mental health director by Ev Chasen, the agency’s chief communications director.在2月13日， 2008年，电子邮件，透露，在联邦法院周二，被送往爱尔兰共和军卡茨， VA部的心理健康主任的EV在奇森，该机构的行政通讯主任。
Chasen sought guidance from Katz about interview queries from CBS News, which reported extensively on veterans suicides last year.在奇森寻求指导卡兹约采访疑问，从CBS新闻，广泛报道的退伍军人自杀的去年。
“Is the fact that we’re stopping [suicides] good news, or is the sheer number bad news? “事实是，我们正在停车[自杀]好消息，抑或是纯粹的人数坏消息？ And is this more than we’ve ever seen before?和这比我们所见过的前？ It might be something we drop into a general release about our suicide prevention efforts, which (as you know far better than I) prominently include training employees to recognize the warning signs of suicide,” Chasen wrote Katz in an email titled “Not for CBS News Interview Request.”它可能是我们掉进一般发布关于我们的自杀预防工作， （如你所知远胜一）突出包括培训雇员承认警告标志，自杀， “在奇森写道卡兹在一份电子邮件标题为”不为哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访的要求“ 。
Katz’s response is startling.卡兹的回应是惊人的。 He said the VA has identified nearly 1,000 suicide attempts per month among war veterans treated by the VA.他说， VA部已确定近1000企图自杀，每月之间的战争的退伍军人的待遇，由VA部。 His response to Chasen indicates that he did not want the VA to immediately release any statistical data confirming that number, but rather suggested that the agency quietly slip the information into a news release.他的回应在奇森表示，他不希望VA部立即释放所有的统计数据证实了这一数字，而是建议，该机构悄然滑移的资料，成为一个新闻发布。
“Shh!” Katz wrote in his response to Chasen. “ shh ” ！卡茨中写道，他的回应在奇森。 “Our suicide prevention coordinators are identifying about 1000 suicide attempts per month among the veterans we see in our medical facilities. “我们的预防自杀的协调员，现正物色约1000企图自杀，每月之间的退伍军人，我们看到在我们的医疗设施。 Is this something we should (carefully) address ourselves in some sort of release before someone stumbles on it?”这是我们应该（小心）地址自己在某种释放之前，有人就stumbles它“ ？
The February email was sent shortly after the VA gave CBS News data that showed only a total of 790 attempted suicides in 2007 among veterans treated by the VA.二月电子邮件发送后不久， VA部了CBS新闻的数据显示，只有一共有790企图自杀在2007年之间的退伍军人的待遇，由VA部。 In an email sent to the network Monday after Katz’s email was disclosed in court, he denied a “cover-up” and said he did not disclose the true figures of attempted suicides because he was unsure if it was accurate.在一个电子邮件发送到网络上周一后，卡兹的电子邮件透露，在法庭上，他否认“隐瞒” ，并表示他没有透露真实的数字，企图自杀，因为他不确定如果这是准确的。
In a December email Katz sent to Brig.在去年12月卡兹的电子邮件发送到准将。 Gen. Michael J. Kussman, the undersecretary for health at the Veterans Health Administration within the VA, that roughly 126 veterans of all wars commit suicide per week.将军菲利普莫里斯库斯曼，负责健康，退伍军人卫生行政部门内部的VA部，即大约126退伍军人，所有的战争自杀，每星期。 He added that data the agency obtained from the Center for Disease Control showed that 20 percent of the suicides in the country are identified as war veterans.他补充说，该机构的数据取自疾病控制中心的显示， 20 ％的自杀事件在该国被确定为战争的退伍军人。
The “VA’s own data demonstrate 4-5 suicides per day among those who receive care from us,” Katz said in the email he sent to Kussman. “ VA部自己的数据表明， 4月5日自杀，每天在那些接受照顾我们， ”卡茨说，在他的电子邮件发送到库斯曼。
Pehaps underscoring just how underprepared the VA was for the number of PTSD cases to emerge from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, documents released to support the plaintiffs’ allegations show that prior to the US Invasion of Iraq the VA believed it would likely see a maximum of 8,000 cases where veterans showed signs of PTSD. pehaps强调只是如何underprepared妇联是多少创伤后应激障碍的个案出现，从伊拉克和阿富汗战争中，公布的文件，以支持原告的指控显示，前美国入侵伊拉克佤族认为它很可能会看到一个最多八千箱子那里的退伍军人有迹象表明创伤后应激障碍。
Last week, the RAND Corporation released a study that said about 300,000 US troops sent to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from major depression or PTSD, and 320,000 received traumatic brain injuries.上周，兰德公司发表的一份研究报告说，大约30.0万美军发出打击在伊拉克和阿富汗遭受重大抑郁症或创伤后应激障碍，并收到了32.0万外伤性脑损伤。 Since October 2001, about 1.6 million US troops have deployed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 2001年10月以来，约160万美军部署到伊拉克和阿富汗战争。 Many soldiers have completed more than two tours of duty meaning they are exposed to prolonged periods of combat-related stress or traumatic events.许多士兵已经完成了两个以上的旅行团的责任的意思，他们有机会接触长时间作战有关的压力或创伤事件。
“There is a major health crisis facing those men and women who have served our nation in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Terri Tanielian, a researcher at RAND who worked on the study. “有是一个主要的健康面临的危机，那些男人和女人曾经我们的民族在伊拉克和阿富汗，说： ”特瑞tanielian ，研究员兰德公司的人对工作的研究。 “Unless they receive appropriate and effective care for these mental health conditions, there will be long-term consequences for them and for the nation. “除非他们得到适当的和有效的照顾，这些心理健康状况，将有长远的后果，为他们为民族。 Unfortunately, we found there are many barriers preventing them from getting the high-quality treatment they need.”不幸的是，我们发现有很多的障碍，阻止他们获得高品质的治疗，他们需要“ 。
Those are statistics Paul Sullivan, the executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, has been warning lawmakers about for several years.这些都是统计保罗沙利文，执行主任的退伍军人，共同的意识，已警告国会议员约数年之久。
“The scope of PTSD in the long term is enormous and must be taken seriously. “创伤后应激障碍的范围，在长期内是巨大的和必须认真对待。 When all of our 1.6 million service members eventually return home from Iraq and Afghanistan, based on the current rate of 20 percent, VA may face up 320,000 total new veterans diagnosed with PTSD,” Sullivan told a Congressional committee in July 2007.当我们所有的1600000服务成员，最终返回家园从伊拉克和阿富汗的基础上，目前的税率为20 ％ ， VA部可能面临高达32.0万，共新老兵诊断与创伤后应激障碍， “萨利文对国会一个委员会在2007年7月。 If America fails to act now and overhaul the broken DoD and VA disability systems, there may a social catastrophe among many of our returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.如果美国不立即采取行动，并彻底打破了美国国防部和VA残疾系统，可能有一种社会灾难当中我们的许多返回伊拉克和阿富汗战争的退伍军人。 That is why VCS reluctantly filed suit against VA in Federal Court…Time is running out.”这就是为什么风险投资勉强起诉VA部在联邦法院…的时间不多了。 “
Sullivan has urged Congress to enact legislation to immediately overhaul the VA.沙利文已敦促国会立法，要立即彻底VA部。
“Congress should legislate a presumption of service connection for veterans diagnosed [with] PTSD who deployed to a war zone after 9/11,” Sullivan told lawmakers last year. “国会应立法推定服务连接为退伍军人诊断[与]创伤后应激障碍的人部署到战区后， 9 / 11 ， ”沙利文说，国会议员去年。 “A presumption makes it easier for dedicated and hard-working VA employees to process veterans’ claims. “推定使得更容易专用和辛勤工作的VA部雇员的过程中退伍军人的索赔。 This results in faster medical treatment and benefits for our veterans.”这个结果在更快的医疗待遇和福利，为我们的退伍军人“ 。
Yet despite Sullivan’s dire predictions and calls for legislative action the issue has not been given priority treatment by lawmakers.然而，尽管苏利文的可怕的预言，并呼吁采取立法行动的问题没有得到优先处理，由国会议员。 Instead, Congress continued to fund the war in Iraq to the tune of about $200 billion and will likely pour another $108 billion into Iraq later next month.相反，国会继续资助在伊拉克战争，以调约200元亿元，很可能会倒另一一千零八十○点零亿美元进入伊拉克，后来在下个月。 Meanwhile, a backlog of veterans’ benefits claims continue to pile up at the VA.同时，积压的退伍军人福利索赔继续堆积在VA部。
The VA said it has hired more than 3,000 mental healthcare professionals over the past two years to deal with the increasing number of PTSD cases, but the problems persist.妇联表示，它已经雇用了超过3000个心理医护专业人士在过去两年，以处理越来越多的创伤后应激障碍的个案，但问题仍然存在。
VA Says Vets Not ‘Entitled’ to Healthcare VA部说，兽医不是'题为'保健
In opening statements Monday, Richard Lepley, a Justice Department attorney, said the VA runs a “world-class health care system.”在开幕式发言周一，理查德lepley ，司法部检察长说， VA部运行一个“世界级的医疗制度” 。
But Gordon Erspamer, the lead attorney representing the two veterans groups, said the VA has arbitrarily denied coverage to thousands of vets, that it takes nearly a year to decide whether it will provide coverage to veterans suffering from PTSD, and takes as long as four years for the VA to address veterans appeals cases.但戈登erspamer ，带头律政司代表两个退伍军人团体说， VA部已任意拒绝覆盖率，数以千计的兽医，它需要将近一年，以决定是否将提供覆盖的退伍军人患有创伤后应激障碍，并采取只要4年为VA部，以解决退伍军人上诉案件。
“Seeking help from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs… involves a two-track system,” says a copy of the plaintiff’s trial brief filed in federal court last week. “求助署退伍军人事务部…涉及两个双轨制，说： ”复制了原告的案情摘要中，在联邦法院上周。
“A veteran will go to the Veterans’ Health Administration for diagnosis and medical care; and a veteran goes to the Veterans’ Benefits Administration to apply for service-connection and disability compensation…. “一位资深将前往退伍军人的健康，政府当局为诊断和医疗保健等;和一位资深的去退伍军人的福利，政府当局申请服务方面和伤残赔偿… … 。
“VA is failing these veterans as they move along both of these parallel tracks. “ VA部是没有这些退伍军人，因为他们沿着这两条平行的轨道。 They are not receiving the healthcare to which they are entitled (and where they do receive it, it is unreasonably delayed) and they are not able to get timely compensation for their disabilities, which means that they have no safety net.他们不接受医护人员向他们有权（而他们确实收到它，这是无理拖延）和他们不能够得到及时补偿，他们的残疾，这意味着他们没有安全网。 These two problems combine to create a perfect storm for PTSD veterans: they receive no treatment, so their symptoms get worse; and they receive no compensation, so they cannot go elsewhere for treatment.这两个问题结合起来，创造一个完美风暴为创伤后应激障碍的退伍军人：他们没有获得任何治疗，所以他们的症状恶化;和他们没有获得任何补偿，所以他们也不会去其他地方接受治疗。 The failings of these two separate but interrelated systems are what this action seeks to address.”失败这两个独立但相互关联的系统是什么这一行动旨在解决“ 。
The lawsuit the groups filed alleges that numerous VA practices stemming from a 1998 law violate the constitutional and statutory rights of veterans suffering from PTSD by denying veterans mandated medical care.诉讼的团体提交的指称，许多VA部的做法源于1998年的一项法律违反宪法和法定的权利，退伍军人患有创伤后应激障碍，否认授权的退伍军人的医疗照顾。
Justice Department attorneys had argued in court papers filed last month that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were not “entitled” to the five-years of free healthcare upon their return from combat as mandated by Congress in the “Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act.” Rather, the VA argued, medical treatment for the war veterans was discretionary based on the level of funding available in the VA’s budget.司法部的律师曾辩称，在法庭上提交的论文上个月，伊拉克和阿富汗的退伍军人不是“题为”到5年的免费医疗保健回国后，从作战的授权，由国会在“尊严，为受伤的勇士法” ，而是妇联辩称，医疗待遇，为战争的退伍军人被酌情基础上水平提供资金，在VA部的财政预算案。
But during a court hearing hearing last month before US District Court Judge Samuel Conti, Dr. Gerald Cross, the Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, said that veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were not only entitled to free healthcare, but he said “there is no co-pay.”但在法庭聆讯的最后听证会前一个月，美国地方法院法官塞缪尔』 ，博士杰拉尔德交叉，首席副局长，根据卫生，退伍军人卫生行政部门表示，退伍军人，伊拉克和阿富汗不仅有权享受免费医疗保健，但他说： “有没有合作的薪酬” 。
Soldier’s Suicide Warnings Ignored士兵的自杀警告忽视
Chris Scheuerman, a retired Special Forces masters sergeant, testified before a Congressional committee last month that there is an urgent need for mental health reform in the military.克里斯肖伊尔曼，已退休的特种部队的主人，警长，作证之前，国会一个委员会上个月有一个迫切需要心理健康的改革，在军事上。
Scheuerman said his son, Pfc.肖伊尔曼说，他的儿子，全氟化碳。 Jason Scheuerman, went to see an Army psychologist because he had been suicidal.贾森肖伊尔曼，去看望一个军队心理学家，因为他已自杀。
The Army psychologist wrote up a report saying Jason Scheuerman “was capable of (faking) mental illness in order to manipulate his command,” according to documents the soldiers father turned over to Congress.军队心理学家写了一份报告说，杰森肖伊尔曼“能力（假）精神病患者在以操纵他的指挥， ”根据文件士兵的父亲转交给国会。
“Jason desperately needed a second opinion after his encounter with the Army psychologist,” Chris Scheuerman testified in mid-March before the Armed Services Committee’s Military Personnel Subcommittee. “杰森迫切需要的第二个意见后，他所遇到的与陆军心理学家， ”克里斯肖伊尔曼作证，在3月中旬之前，武装服务委员会的军事人员小组委员会。
“The Army did offer him that option, but at his own expense. “军队没有向他提供这样的选择，但在自己的利益为代价。 How is a PFC (private first class) in the middle of Iraq supposed to get to a civilian mental health care provider at his own expense?” he said.如何是一个警察评议会（私人第一课时） ，在中东伊拉克的假定去平民精神卫生保健供应商在自己的利益为代价呢？ “他说。 “I believe a soldier should be afforded the opportunity to a second opinion via teleconference with a civilian mental health care provider of their own choice.” “我相信，一名士兵应给予机会，第二种意见通过电话与一名平民精神卫生保健提供他们自己选择的” 。
Jason Scheuerman shot himself with a rifle on July 30, 2005.贾森肖伊尔曼枪杀自己的一支步枪对2005年7月30日。 The 20-year-old’s suicide note was nailed to the close in his barracks.今年20岁的遗书，被钉密切在他的军营。 It said, “Maybe now I can get some peace.”它说， “也许现在我可以得到一些和平” 。
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