A July report released by the Military Health System shows the leading cause for medical evacuations in 2017 was overwhelmingly due to mental illness.
The Medical Surveillance Monthly Report revealed that a total of 626 troops were medically evacuated in 2017, and 148 were because of mental illness, accounting for more evacuations than any other category.
The most common mental health issues were either depression or reaction to severe stress and adjustment troubles, according to the report.
Further, more men were evacuated for mental health issues than women, 119 versus 29, and more men, 535, were evacuated in general in 2017, compared to just 91 women.
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There are some, not all but some that have figured out if they claim PTSD they get a free ride for the rest of their life. I know a person who was in the Coast Guard and had to help find bodies in 9-11 afterwhich he claimed PTSD. He is nothing but a lying, drunken POS that doesn't want to work.
ReplyDeleteOpen combat does this to people. So does the uncertainty of when your world is going to unexpectedly explode. It's a wonder that more people don't short-circuit.
ReplyDeleteMental Illness = Guilty Conscience?
ReplyDeletejust a thought
they know what they are doing is wrong.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteThere are some, not all but some that have figured out if they claim PTSD they get a free ride for the rest of their life. I know a person who was in the Coast Guard and had to help find bodies in 9-11 afterwhich he claimed PTSD. He is nothing but a lying, drunken POS that doesn't want to work.
August 18, 2018 at 11:28 AM
and how would you know?