* By Ilona Meagher PTSD Combat : Winning the War Within *
Recent statistical data found in news reports regarding today’s veterans. First up from HealthDay News:
Between 2002 and 2008, nearly 50,000 veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars received diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder. But fewer than 10 percent of those completed the recommended treatment of 10 to 12 weekly sessions within four months; the number only grew to fewer than 30 percent over a year, the study authors found.
Some types of veterans are less likely to receive recommended care: males, veterans who are under the age of 25, those who live in rural areas and those who got their diagnoses at primary-care clinics and needed referrals to mental health programs, according to the report published online Feb. 9 in the Journal of Traumatic Stress.
Dr. Karen Seal, the study’s head researcher and a practitioner at the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center, said in a news release that most veterans did attend at least one mental-health appointment. But problems — including those at the system and personal levels — led to lack of follow-up.
Read more at PTSD Combat : Winning the War Within.
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