Judy, I'm agreeing with what you're saying here. I want to just say that we have found that one of the best ways to invite young men and women in earlier for help is not for us to invite them in, but for other soldiers to do it. They look out for other soldiers. Our soldiers, who are the paraprofessionally trained soldiers, will go out into the community and will invite other soldiers and say, “This happens, it happened to me, and I've been successful, so why don't you come to a meeting?” It's an outreach by the soldiers. I think that's the only thing I have observed that really is effective: because they trust other soldiers more than they trust me as a professional, as a doctor of psychology.
On March 2nd, 2011. See this statement in context.