Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"

By the Numbers - Mar. 30, 2015

By Shirl Kennedy  on 30.03.2015 11:34 am
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30,000

The number of Airmen who "may be struggling with unhealthy patterns of Internet use," according to survey results extrapolated from a RAND Corporation survey of 3,479 active-duty, guard, and reserve Airmen in 2012. The survey, discussed in a recent RAND report on problematic Internet use, used the 15-item Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2 (GPIUS2) scale, measuring "indicators on undesirable behavior such as turning to the Internet when feeling down or lonely, thinking obsessively about going online, having difficulty controlling Internet use, and experiencing adverse life events due to Internet use." The full survey results were reported in an earlier RAND report -- Information and Communication Technologies to Promote Social and Psychological Well-Being in the Air Force.

By the Numbers - Mar. 16, 2015

By Shirl Kennedy  on 16.03.2015 11:46 am

18.5%
and
4.2%

Respectively, the "estimated 12-month prevalence of mental illness" among adults age 18+ and the "estimated 12-month prevalence of serious mental illness" among adults -- excluding substance use disorders -- according to 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data included in a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report: Prevalence of Mental Illness in the United States: Data Sources and Estimates (PDF).

By the Numbers - Mar. 9, 2015

By Shirl Kennedy  on 09.03.2015 12:26 pm

10,800

The number of men who are sexually assaulted each year in the military, according to Russell Strand, a retired Criminal Investigative Service special agent speaking at the Army's Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Program Summit last month, detailed in a Department of Defense press release. Just 1,134 of these men reported the attacks, Strand said -- roughly 13 percent. By way of comparison, of the roughly 8,000 military women sexually assaulted each year, 39% reported the crime.

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.

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