2012年美军士兵自杀率明显攀升
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美国国防部发布的最新数据显示,2012年美军现役士兵自杀率明显攀升,几乎每天都有一名士兵自杀。

Suicide in the US military has sharply increased this year, hitting a rate of almost one death per day, figures show.

As of 3 June, 2012 active-duty suicides reached 154, compared with 130 in the same period last year, the Pentagon confirmed to the BBC.

The number far exceeds US combat deaths for the same period.

"We are deeply concerned about suicide in the military," a Pentagon spokeswoman said, adding it was "one of the most urgent problems" they faced.

While the reasons for the increase are not entirely1 understood, the Defence department's own data suggest soldiers with multiple combat tours are at greater risk. But a portion of those taking their own life have never deployed2, the figures show.

Suicide in the forces had levelled off during 2010 and 2011, but 2012 has seen the fastest pace since the US war in Afghanistan began in 2001.

Strength or weakness?

News of the suicide rate increase comes despite years of effort by the US military to encourage troops to seek help for mental health problems.

Those efforts include setting up confidential3 telephone hotlines and placing more mental health specialists near the battlefield.

But reports suggest that some in the military continue to believe that going for help is seen as a sign of weakness.

Last month, Major General Dana Pittard, a commander in the 1st Armored Division, retracted4 an Army blog post made in January in which he told soldiers considering suicide to "act like an adult".

Gen Pittard also counselled soldiers to seek help, but his remarks drew public rebuke5 from top military officials, including the Chairman of the Joint6 Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey.

Gen Dempsey said he disagreed with Gen Pittard "in the strongest possible terms", the Associated Press reported.

Pentagon spokeswoman Cynthia Smith told the BBC that "suicide prevention is first and foremost a leadership responsibility".

"Seeking help is a sign of strength," she added.



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1 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
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  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
2 deployed 4ceaf19fb3d0a70e329fcd3777bb05ea     
(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用
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3 confidential MOKzA     
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的
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  • He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
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v.撤回或撤消( retract的过去式和过去分词 );拒绝执行或遵守;缩回;拉回
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  • He made a false confession which he later retracted. 他作了假供词,后来又翻供。
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v.指责,非难,斥责 [反]praise
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  • He had to put up with a smart rebuke from the teacher.他不得不忍受老师的严厉指责。
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adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
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