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PositionIraq and Afghanistan veterans' mental health status - Brief article - Statistical data

By the Numbers

Of the veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan:

20% Suffer from either major depression or post-traumatic stress disorder

19.5% Have experienced a traumatic brain injury

50% Have received the mental health treatment they need

25% Show signs of substance abuse disorder

Sources: Census Bureau, 2017 American Community Survey; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; National Institute of Drug Abuse; and RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research

Those Who Have Served Of the 18.2 million veterans living in the U.S.: 8.9% are women 91.1% are men 29.5% live with disability 70.5% live...

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