PTSD Study among Iraq and Afghanistan veterens


	PTSD Study among Iraq and Afghanistan veterens

Dazey

11-22-2007 9:49 PM

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war, antiwar, ptsd, troops, iraq, afghanistan, mental health

Dazey says:

This is a must-read study, very very disturbing about how this administration is killing our troops.

To those who said my suicide rate clip was bull - read this. Facts don't lie.

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<I>Background</I> The current combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan<SUP> </SUP>have involved U.S. military personnel in major ground combat<SUP> </SUP>and hazardous security duty. Studies are needed to systematically<SUP> </SUP>assess the mental health of members of the armed services who<SUP> </SUP>have participated in these operations and to inform policy with<SUP> </SUP>regard to the optimal delivery of mental health care to returning<SUP> </SUP>veterans.<SUP> </SUP></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/351/1/13"><FONT face="arial, helvetica"><I>Methods</I> We studied members of four U.S. combat infantry units<SUP> </SUP>(three Army units and one Marine Corps unit) using an anonymous<SUP> </SUP>survey that was administered to the subjects either before their<SUP> </SUP>deployment to Iraq (n=2530) or three to four months after their<SUP> </SUP>return from combat duty in Iraq or Afghanistan (n=3671). The<SUP> </SUP>outcomes included major depression, generalized anxiety, and<SUP> </SUP>post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which were evaluated<SUP> </SUP>on the basis of standardized, self-administered screening instruments.<SUP> </SUP></FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/67AB8A22-6E36-47F9-95AA-336952CE30B3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>