General bucks culture of silence on mental health
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_mental_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081108/capt.273f800ada9b4804a60e9da859f0ad23.military_mental_health_wx103.jpg?x=130y=97q=85sig=Sn5I3xtWgkIczaC169RKuA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photograph provided by Maj. Gen. David Blackledge, Blackledge, right, stands in front of a helicopter in Iraq in this undated photograph. Blackledge got psychiatric counseling to deal with wartime trauma, and now is defying the military's culture of silence on the subject of mental health problems and treatment. 'It's part of our profession ... nobody wants to admit that they've got a weakness in this area,' Blackledge said of mental health problems among troops returning from America's two wars. The man at left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Blackledge Family Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - It takes a brave soldier to do what Army Maj. Gen. David Blackledge did in Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/>

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