Reuters headline wrong on PTSD

Study says 300,000 U.S. troops suffer mental problems
Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:15pm

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 300,000 U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, but about half receive no care, an independent study said on Thursday.

The study by the RAND Corp. also estimated that another 320,000 troops have sustained a possible traumatic brain injury during deployment. But researchers could not say how many of those cases were serious or required treatment.

Billed as the first large-scale nongovernmental survey of its kind, the study found that stress disorder and depression afflict 18.5 percent of the more than 1.5 million U.S. forces who have deployed to the two war zones.

The numbers are roughly in line with previous studies. A February assessment by the U.S. Army that showed 17.9 percent of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from acute stress, depression or anxiety in 2007, down from 19.1 percent in 2006.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1728241320080417

It should have been 620,000 suffer from wounded minds! But the rest of the bloggers picked up the report the same way Reuters did. There is a difference between the two wounds but they are the same organ of the body that gets wounded. The biggest concern is that they are not all seeking help. That is what this report screams out for!