PTSD therapy

Ten percent of vets get PTSD therapy

A U.S. researcher says veterans aren't getting the treatment they need for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Dr. Karen Seal of the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center says PSTD has been newly diagnosed in almost 20 percent -- or almost 50,000 -- of the more than 230,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans from 2002-2006 at VA healthcare facilities nationwide. >>>>>

The Study:

VA mental health services utilization in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the first year of receiving new mental health diagnoses

Abstract
Little is known about mental health services utilization among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans receiving care at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities. Of 49,425 veterans with newly diagnosed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), only 9.5% attended 9 or more VA mental health sessions in 15 weeks or less in the first year of diagnosis. In addition, engagement in 9 or more VA treatment sessions for PTSD within 15 weeks varied by predisposing variables (age and gender), enabling variables (clinic of first mental health diagnosis and distance from VA facility), and need (type and complexity of mental health diagnoses). Thus, only a minority of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with new PTSD diagnoses received a recommended number and intensity of VA mental health treatment sessions within the first year of diagnosis.

It's a payin site to download the PDF study and this is apparently coming in the next issue. While there I found this one as well.

A comparison of OEF and OIF veterans and Vietnam veterans receiving cognitive processing therapy

Abstract
The current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are producing large numbers of veterans who have experienced a variety of combat stressors. The potential impact of combat exposure has been established, including significant rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Limited research has examined potential differences between veteran groups and one study to date has examined differences between eras in terms of treatment response. The present study seeks to examine cohort differences between Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans and Vietnam veterans (N = 101) before and after completing treatment for PTSD using cognitive processing therapy. Findings suggest that veterans from these eras responded differently to treatment and there are multiple variables that should be considered in future cohort studies.