Summary
When Chris Hill was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in 1982, he made sure to remove the medical records in his permanent file about his visits to a psychiatrist. Hill, who was experiencing severe anxiety attacks, was afraid to be labeled as a veteran with psychiatric problems.
"I was embarrassed about it at the time," says Hill, who now works as a mental health counselor for the Jefferson Center for Mental Health in Wheat Ridge, Colo. "There was a stigma in my own mind about it being bad to get psychiatric help. As a Marine, I didn't want to appear weak."See the full content of this document
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Unspoken Illnessamong Veterans
Research shows that Hill's trepidation about receiving psychiatric care is not unique among members of the Armed Forces. A 2004 study of 6,000 military men an...
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