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An estimated 300,000 OIF/OEF service members have demonstrated PTSD symptoms. By BOB WOODRUFF, JAMES HILL and JAIME HENNESSEY
Oct. 23, 2008 ABC News 'Stretched Too Thin‘
An estimated 15 percent (472,000) of those who had served in Vietnam met the criteria for active PTSD. Invisible Wounds of War, Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery, by TERRI TANIELIAN AND LISA JAYCOX, EDITORS, 2008 |
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Suicide Rates
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- Army suicide rates in Iraq climbed 18% in 2007
- Suicide is a leading cause of non-combat deaths in Iraq
- Suicide accounts for nearly one in three non-hostile Army fatalities
- Army Sees Record Number of Suicides in Iraq. By LISA CHEDEKEL and MATTHEW KAUFFMAN Courant Staff Writers, May 30, 2008, Hartford Courant
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Homeless Veterans
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According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans: www.nchv.org; nearly 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night; Veterans account for 33% of all adult homeless people in America (United States Department of Veterans Affairs).
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Local Veterans
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- Harris county - 750,000 vets
- City of Houston - 300,000-400,000 vets
- Surrounding 9 counties over 3.5 million vets
- Active military and reserves: 25,000
- Deployments to Iraq/Afghanistan (4 -15 months in length) occur
approximately once per quarter in each branch of the military
- 35% of those being deployed are on 3rd or 4th deployment
- PTSD rate 1 in every 4 - Most believe soon we will see that figure change to one in every two
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