5.5 million
The number of "military caregivers" in the U.S., according to the RAND Corporation's recent study, Hidden Heroes: America's Military Caregivers. Of this group, 1.1 million (19.6%) are providing care for "post-9/11 veterans."
3,527
The number of Service members receiving an "incident diagnoses of one of the eating disorders: anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), or 'eating disorder, not otherwise specified" between 2004–2013, according to an article in the September 2014 issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report -- Diagnoses of Eating Disorders Among Active Component Service Members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2004–2013.
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."
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."
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.