7.5 percent
The percentage of crimes committed by people with mental disorders that were directly attributable to their mental illness symptoms, according to a recent study published in the journal Law and Human Behavior -- How Often and How Consistently do Symptoms Directly Precede Criminal Behavior Among Offenders With Mental Illness?
200%
According to an article reviewing numerous studies in the April issue of Military Medicine -- Casualties of the Global War on Terror and Their Future Impact on Health Care and Society: A Looming Public Health Crisis -- "PTSD sufferers are 200% more likely to be diagnosed with an unrelated medical disease within 5 years of returning from deployment" than a control group without PTSD.
22.3%
The percentage of adults in Utah who "experienced any mental illness in the past year," according to a recent report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- State Estimates of Adult Mental Illness for the 2011 and 2012 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, which "provides an overview of the nature and scope of mental illness within each state and the District of Columbia."
5.5 million
The number of military caregivers in the United States, according to a new RAND Corporation report -- Hidden Heroes America's Military Caregivers.
51.7%
The percentage of veterans using Montgomery or Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits who have earned a postsecondary degree or certificate at a university, community college or vocational school, according to a new report (PDF) by Student Veterans of America.