Private psychiatrists offer free service to troops
(AP
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/troops_mental_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080523/capt.90a5b102276f4512b85329e8868a6290.troops_mental_health_wx102.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=g1KXIflQtgIPsZhPotp_EA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Clinical Psychologist Brenna Chirby poses for a photo in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, May 22, 2008. Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems - jumping in to help a military that doesn't have enough therapists. 'It's only an hour of your time,' said Chirby, who counsels the family member of a someone deployed multiple tines. 'How can you not give that to these men and women that ... are going oversees and fighting for us.' (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems, jumping in to help because the military is short on therapists.</p><br clear="all"/>
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