By the Numbers - Sept. 29, 2014
51%
The percentage of 3,198 participants in a recently published UK military cohort study who "perceived their military career as having a negative impact on their children."
Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"
By the Numbers - Sept. 22, 2014
31.2%
The percentage of 21,120 Wounded Warrior Project alumni responding to an annual survey who said that mental health issues made it difficult for them "to obtain employment or change jobs."
By the Numbers - Sept. 15, 2014
74%
The percentage of a sample of 5,185 veterans who received care from the Veterans Health Administration for mental health or substance use problems, who reported being helped by the treatment, according to a recent study by the RAND Corporation published in the journal Psychiatric Services --Veterans’ Perceptions of Behavioral Health Care in the Veterans Health Administration: A National Survey.
By the Numbers: 8 Sept. 2014
34.6 million
The number of American adults (age 18+) who received mental health treatment or counseling during the past 12 months, according to a report released last week by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) -- Substance Use and Mental Health Estimates from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Overview of Findings (PDF).
By the Numbers - 25 August 2014
22%
The percentage of 2,230 soldiers receiving a PTSD diagnosis within 90 days of return from Afghanistan who had only one mental health care visit, according to a recent study published in the journal Psychiatric Services -- PTSD Treatment for Soldiers After Combat Deployment: Low Utilization of Mental Health Care and Reasons for Dropout. The researchers further report that 41% of these 2,230 soldiers "received minimally adequate care (eight or more encounters in 12 months)."