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Army: mental health among soldiers in Iraq improves, morale still low

The Army has released a mental health assessment based on interviews conducted last year. It finds mental health services for the troops have improved and there are more workers to help them handle combat stress. The report covered late last August through mid-October.

But, 54 percent of the soldiers say morale in their units is low, or very low. That's an improvement from a 72 percent a year earlier.

The army report also finds soldiers in combat units have fewer incidents of depression, anxiety or stress. Those problems are found to be more common among National Guard and Reserve soldiers, as well as regular Army soldiers in transportation units.

Posted 1:01pm by Bryce Mursch