(October 15, 2017 at 2:08 pm)Minimalist Wrote: https://nvf.org/veteran-mental-health-facts-statistics/
Quote:According to the RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research 20% of the vets who served in either Iraq or Afghanistan suffer from either major depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. 19.5% of vets in these two categories have experienced a traumatic brain injury. These three service related disorders alone have an enormous impact on the demand for veteran mental health treatment.
The problem with stats like this is that they do not distinguish between the grunts out on patrol and the guys who are back at HQ keeping the computers running or driving a forklift in the warehouse.
I submit to you that a better indicator would be "what percentage of those who are out in the boondocks" have PTSD or other mental health issues. That might be too scary a number even for the army to put out.
REMFs can get PTSD, especially if the other side provides them with some excitement. Some have gotten it waiting for the shit to hit the fan. They really shouldn't have been there in the first place.
As for the TBIs, that's 19.5% of 20%?
