Posttraumatic stress disorder and Depression in today's military
There are many factors that contribute to depression and posttraumatic stress disorder the military lifestyle is one of those. Active duty military members, their families, deal with an overwhelming amount of stress on a day to day basis. Being away from your home, family and loved ones from 3 weeks to 10 months can be a traumatic stressor on a person. According to a study conducted by the Department of Defense 32.3% of military members stated that their military duties were more stressful than their personal or family lives. (Bray, et al., 2002) A study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine in July 2004 said that 15.6 to 17.1 percent of military members who served in Iraq or Afghanistan typically screened positive for a mental disorder when they were surveyed three or four months after they got back to their home base. Many of the challenges facing the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq are stressors......
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