Up to 14 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or depression that is severe enough to disrupt their daily lives, new research finds. Between 8.5 percent and 14 percent of soldiers reported mental health issues that caused difficulties in work or private life, according to the report published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. After 12 months, there was a sharp increase among Guard members with self-reported depression and PTSD. Researchers speculate these men and women experience stress of going back to work and have less access to medical care. The regular Army soldiers may also suppress symptoms because they know they will be rotated back to duty. (HealthDay News, 6/07/10)
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