Pentagon plans national mental health campaign

By PAULINE JELINEK and LOLITA BALDOR, Associated Press Writers, Medicine & Health / Health

Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Col. Loree Sutton, right, accompanied by the Commander of the Walter Reed Health Care System Col. Patricia Horoho, left,gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, May 1, 2008, to discuss troops mental health. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

(AP) -- Senior military officers could be talking about their emotional struggles on YouTube and MySpace this year, in a Pentagon campaign to urge troops into counseling for wartime mental problems.

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