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Mark Benjamin

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Midmorning rebroadcasts a conversation about the rise in suicides among U.S. soldiers, and checks in with a reporter who's been covering the military's handling of post-traumatic stress syndrome and other mental health issues.

Suicides among U.S. soldiers have risen to the highest levels in nearly three decades, with 124 soldiers taking their own lives in 2008. Veterans advocates and psychiatric experts say multiple redeployments and an institutional stigma against soldiers who seek help for mental health are playing a role in the increase.

Soldier suicides on the rise

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