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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and strip pcs pages report combat troops can get antidepressants Only under supervision rant last Vear detailed cases stars and stripes new medical guidelines allow combat troops in Iraq to receive antidepressants and other psycho Tropic drugs provided they stay under strict Accord ing to a report in thursday editions of the Hartford the guide issued by multinational have been distributed to mental health specialists overseas in re cent months but were not publicly Dis closed until the newspaper re Quested they include requiring men Tal health pro viders to have weekly Contact with patients on the requiring that those troops receive therapy and allowing physicians to prescribe Only a Small Supply at a according to the the army in 2005 adopted guidelines that cautioned against the use of antidepressants during combat but the Cou rant last year detailed cases in Iraq of troops receiving the medi cations with Little oversight under the new dated a gust mental health providers encourage troops on antidepressants to share that information with commanders but will not re quire them to do the newspaper under the new mental health providers encourage troops on antidepressants to share that information with commanders but will not require them to do they also in clude a warn ing for com Manders to pay attention in changes to troops performance and to make sure that Trou bled troops get a recent study by a team of Penta gon mental health experts found that one in eight sol Diers in Iraq was taking Medica Tion for a mental combat stress or sleep problem but that the number behavioural health providers treating deployed ser Vic members had dropped to one for every compared with one for every 387 in the paper re new rules would regulate insurance sales to troops Laws deemed necessary after recent scams by Leo Shane Iii stars and stripes Washington insurance companies would face strict rules when Selling policies to Young enlisted service members under new rules drafted by state insurance commissioners the guidelines prohibit insurers from visiting bar Racks or base hangouts to sell using gifts and other to Market policies to enlisted per and misleading troops about their existing benefits through the service members group life insurance officials from the National association of insurance who drafted the guidelines in response to problems with sales to said they Hope the rules become the Standard for All insurance sales to military personnel companies Are Selling products to soldiers that they just dont said John Georgia insurance commissioner and spokesman for the a is military affairs if we can get these regulations enforced throughout the we can put these products out of most of the rules Are designed to offer extra protections to personnel e4 and Oxendine said those service members often have less financial savvy than their older and have been taken advantage of in the the things that make them Good soldiers doing what youre following orders Are also what allow people to take advantage of he these ads dont know what there and they dont ask Congress last year mandated states develop Stan Dards for military insurance sales after a series of news article last year chronicled members of the military tricked into buying redundant life insure purchasing policies they thought were savings and being pressured by commanding offic ers into company sales the Nail worked with defense department officials Over the last six months developing the new and Oxendine said both sides will work with state officials for the rest of the year to get the rules passed into none of the rules would affect the existing service members group life insurance Only cer Tain types of commercial insurance under the guidelines any company illegally marketing or Selling policies on overseas bases could be prosecuted in the state where it is head Oxendine said foreign insurance Compa Nies would not be but those rarely have targeted service members in the he also added that he expects most states to quickly embrace the adding that he already has begun discussions with Georgia email Leo Shane at  Danny Ocean George Clooney and gang would have Only one reason to pull Ott their most ambitious and risky Casino heist to defend one of then when ruthless Casino owner Willy Bank Lai Pac Moi double crosses one of the original oceans eleven Reuben Wiskoff Elliott Gould Danny and the gang team up one Moie time to see if they can break the Bank director Steven Soderberg give the gift that everyone loves people love to go to the even More so when they receive an cafes reel time gift writer Brian David levied starring Matt d Don Brad Pitt Andy Beinie Mac David Pavi rating pg13 this gift Booklet has ten gift certificates that Are for cafes theater admission or Concession stand visit and select movie or Tor show  
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