Fort Hood update: shortage of military therapists creates strain

WASHINGTON (AP) - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide.

For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.

But with the U.S. fighting two wars, an acute shortage of trained personnel has left therapists emotional drained and overworked.

An Army psychiatrist is suspected in Thursday's deadly shootings at Fort Hood.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was wounded by police and remains hospitalized.

The rampage is raising questions about whether there's enough help for the helpers, even though it's unclear whether that stress or fear of his pending service in Afghanistan might be to blame.

An uncle today said Hasan was deeply affected by his work treating soldiers returning from war zones. Rafik Hamad told The Associated Press that he saw his nephew "with tears in his eyes when he was talking about some of patients, when they came overseas from the battlefield."

Experts say part of medical training - for psychiatrists, too - is learning when to seek help.