Don't be shocked over latest Combat PTSD report but be angry!

First read this. It came out in 1978 about Vietnam Veterans.

Now maybe you'll know why something like this report has advocates ready to scream! How many more years do they need to get before they help veteran heal to live better lives?
This pamphlet hangs on my wall right above my desk and reminds me of all the wasted years and forgotten research that actually worked.

One in Six Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Might Have PTSD
It could be decades before we know the depth of veterans' health problems
National Journal
BY JORDAIN CARNEY
November 12, 2014

More than one in six soldiers who served in the country's most recent wars may have post-traumatic stress disorder.

That's the finding of the National Health Study for a New Generation of U.S. Veterans, according to the Veterans Health Administration, which sent out an update Wednesday on the study.

It's the first study that includes post-9/11 veterans who don't use the VA or who served during the wars but didn't deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Veterans Affairs Department. In total, 60,000 veterans participated in the study.

"PTSD is a significant public health problem in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom deployed and non-deployed veterans, and should not be considered an outcome solely related to deployment," the department says on its website.

But veterans who were deployed in the country's latest wars are nearly 5 percent more likely to screen positive for PTSD than those who were not deployed. About 15.7 percent of post-9/11 soldiers who were deployed are at risk of developing PTSD, compared with almost 11 percent of those who were not, according to the study.
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