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<p>Statement of Vice Admiral Donald C. Arthur, Surgeon General of the Navy Before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the House Armed Services Committee.<br><br>"Overview of the DOD Mental Health Task Force<br>The findings of the Mental Health Task Force form the basis of much of the remainder of my testimony, so I will briefly reiterate these. The report points to significant shortfalls in providing mental health care to our service members and their families. We made 94 recommendations aimed at accomplishing the following four major tasks:<br>a. Build a culture of support for psychological health.<br>b. Ensure a full continuum of excellent care for service members and their families.<br>c. Provide sufficient resources for mental health services and allocate them according to requirements, and<br>d. Empower leadership to establish advocacy for a culture of psychological health.<br>The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) has directed a large scale effort to address these and other findings."<br></p>
<br>Subjects: mental health; military medicine</div>
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U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</div>
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