<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/military-with-mental-issues-discharged-for-misconduct-study.html" dsn="news"><title>Study: Military with mental issues discharged for misconduct</title><item_date>07/01/2017 12:00:00 PM</item_date><author>Catherine Robertson Souter</author><image><img src="/news/images/new-england-psychologist-masthead.png" alt="Study: Military with mental issues discharged for misconduct"/></image><image_caption>Study: Military with mental issues discharged for misconduct</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/new-england-psychologist-masthead.png" alt="Study: Military with mental issues discharged for misconduct"/></thumbnail><summary>“The issue is making a determination of what is service-connected and whether that [mental] disorder has contributed to the less than honorable discharge. In addition, some pre-military behavioral, psychological and substance abuse disorders can be exacerbated by a soldier’s experience in the military.” Associate Professor Gerald Sweet provides insight on a recent study that found many military personnel with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury diagnoses are given less than honorable discharges.</summary><category>In the News</category><featured/><tags><tag>In the News</tag></tags></item>