At Walter Reed, a palpable strain on mental-health system

Nov 7th, 2009 - Washington Post

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The instructions were simple: Talk about your feelings on the morning after learning that an Army major in Texas was believed to have gunned down 13 people and wounded another 38 at Fort Hood.

But here at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in a group-therapy session for combat-stressed soldiers in the hospital's outpatient psychiatry unit, frustrations soon boiled over and Pfc. Sophia Taylor was out the door.

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