PTSD remains unreported, undiagnosed and untreated

Billions spent every year yet this is the result of what the Congress has been "trying" to do about it?

Hoeven, Heitkamp, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce PTSD Awareness Month Resolution
PoliticalNews.me
Jun 12,2013

WASHINGTON – In a continued effort to raise awareness about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Senator John Hoeven cosponsored a resolution in the United States Senate sponsored by Senator Heidi Heitkamp to designate the month of June as National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Month. Senator Hoeven cosponsored a resolution marking June 27 as PTSD Awareness Day with Senator Kent Conrad for the last two years. The resolution introduced today would designate the entire month of June as PTSD Awareness Month.

“In passing the National PTSD Awareness Month resolution this year, the Senate will be showing that we stand committed to finding the best ways to treat PTSD and assist the servicemembers, veterans and family members who are suffering from its impact. We hope that this public month of recognition will also signal to our servicemembers and veterans that our country, including Congress and our military leaders, recognizes the toll this injury takes and our continued commitment to finding the best ways to prevent and treat it,” Senator Hoeven said.

According to the National Institute for Mental Health, PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reports that since October of 2001, more than 286,000 of the approximately 900,000 veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Day who have used Veterans Affairs health care have been coded for PTSD, and an untold number of cases of PTSD remain unreported, undiagnosed and untreated due to lack of awareness about the illness and persistent stigma associated with mental health issues.
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