By the Numbers - Feb. 3, 2014
20%
"Veterans comprise 20% of the suicides in the U.S. annually," according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).
Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"
By the Numbers - Jan. 27, 2014
3.9%
The percentage of the U.S. adult population that "had serious thoughts about suicide in the past year."
9.4%
The percentage of U.S. "adult illicit drug users" who seriously considered suicide over the past year."
By the Numbers - Jan. 13, 2014
15-20%
The percentage of Service Members sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) who are still experiencing "persistent symptoms and difficulty in rehabilitation" three or more months after the injury, according to a recent article in the Journal of Family Practice -- Neuroendocrine dysfunction following mild TBI: When to screen for it.
By the Numbers - Jan. 6, 2014
$90 billion +
Estimated program costs of the Post 9/11 GI Bill over its 15-year lifespan, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation -- Understanding the Cost and Quality of Military-Related Education Benefit Programs. The gist of the report is that there needs to be more research done regarding the efficacy of this program.
By the Numbers - Dec. 30, 2013
19.2%
The percentage of a sample of mental health providers working with military patients who have experienced "secondary traumatic stress (STS)," according to a study recently published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease -- Secondary traumatic stress among mental health providers working with the military: prevalence and its work- and exposure-related correlates.