Lawmakers Push Mental Health Care for IRR

A group of House lawmakers is renewing an effort to give inactive reservists who have had at least one deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan special access to mental health services. 11,000 Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) members and individual Mobilization Augmentees would be affected. Because they are not members of active or reserve units, they do not have the same access to mental health and suicide prevention programs as other combat veterans, which is why the lawmakers are pushing to expand the reach of military help. The call is intended to check on the emotional, medical, psychological and financial status of IRR members and to get them help for any problems. For more information, please go to;http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/05/military_IRR_mentalhealth_050610w/