Veterans commission suggest PTSD cases higher than DOD thinks

If you take the data from Vietnam, add in the 50% increased risk of PTSD for redeployments and then factor in the stigma preventing too many from seeking help, it's easy to know that we will be facing at least a million diagnosed within the next 5 years. I'll be doing my end providing knowledge of what PTSD is and doing the outreach work to get them into treatment but will there be enough help for them waiting? This is my biggest concern. What good will it do to get them to understand what is wrong with them, get them over the notion there is anything to be ashamed of and talk them into going to be diagnosed if there is no one available to treat them?

Veterans commission suggest PTSD cases higher than DOD thinks
Monday, June 30, 2008, 10:01 PM
By Bob Priddy
The state veterans commission urges testing for post-traumatic stress disorder of every service member who comes back from battle zones, whether they stay in the military or leave it.

Sometimes post-traumatic stress disorder can take years or decades to manifest itself. A Rand Corporation study suggests 300-thousand American troops who've served in Afghanistan or Iraq suffer from PTSD or major depression.

Ombudsman Pat Rowe Kerr with the state veterans commission thinks the number of cases is on the rise in Missouri although she does not have raw numbers.
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