More troops' kids struggle with mental anguish

After nearly eight years of war, soldiers are not the only ones experiencing mental anguish. Their children are, too. Last year, children of U.S. troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times–double the number at the start of the Iraq war. There was also an alarming spike in the number of military kids actually hospitalized for mental health reasons. From 2007 to 2008, some 20 percent more children of active duty troops were hospitalized for mental health services, the documents show. Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, inpatient visits among military children have increased 50 percent.