US Official Urges Mental Health Changes

July 13th, 2007 By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The Pentagon's top health official said Thursday he wants to see better mental health assessments, stronger privacy protections and a "buddy system" to change the military's stigma against seeking help for anxiety and depression.

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