Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"

By the Numbers - Mar. 2, 2015

By Shirl Kennedy  on 02.03.2015 1:53 pm

23%

The prevalence of PTSD in a population of 4,945,897 Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraq Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans across 33 studies published between 2007 and 2013, according to a new paper to be published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders -- The Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans: A Meta-Analysis.

By the Numbers - Feb. 23, 2015

By Shirl Kennedy  on 23.02.2015 12:56 pm

39%

The percentage of recruiters or recruiting candidates attending classes between October 2011 to July 2013 at the U.S. Army’s Recruiting and Retention School at Fort Jackson who were diagnosed with "mental health disorders (MHDs) and/or mental health problems (MHPs)," according to a recently published doctoral dissertation -- Mental Disorders, Mental Health Problems, and Treatment Among Army Recruiters and Recruiting Candidates, 2011-2013: An Examination of Current Rates in the Recruiting Population.

By the Numbers - Feb. 3, 2015

By Shirl Kennedy  on 03.02.2015 11:17 am
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4,608
and
6,186

Respectively, the number of DoD mental health providers in FY 2009 and FY 2013, according to a Government Accountability Office report released on January 30th -- Defense Health Care: Additional Information Needed about Mental Health Provider Staffing Needs. According to the report, "Social workers and psychologists were the most frequently added types of mental health providers during this period." 

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