{"id":7896,"date":"2008-08-13T18:05:42","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T18:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/alcohol_a_problem_for_stressed_returning_soldiers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-13T18:05:42","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T18:05:42","slug":"alcohol_a_problem_for_stressed_returning_soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=7896","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol a problem for stressed returning soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Guard and Reserve combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to develop drinking problems than active-duty U.S. soldiers, a new military study suggests.<\/p>\n<p>The authors speculate that inadequate preparation for the stress of combat and reduced access to support services at home may be to blame.<\/p>\n<p>The study, appearing in Wednesday&#8217;s Journal of the American Medical Association, is the first to compare Iraq and Afghanistan veterans&#8217; alcohol problems before and after deployment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/health\/2008-08-12-alcohol-troops-stress_N.htm\">Read it all<\/a>.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Guard and Reserve combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to develop drinking problems than active-duty U.S. soldiers, a new military study suggests. The authors speculate that inadequate preparation for the stress of combat and reduced access<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=7896\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,86,99,141,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-alcoholism","category-drugsdrug-addiction","category-iraq-war","category-military-armed-forces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}