DoD: Growing Mental Health Problem

Report: Defense faces large and growing mental health problem

December 6, 2010 - During the past decade, 767,290 active-duty military personnel have received a diagnosis of a mental health disorder, according to a series of reports {32page pdf} expected to be released today by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center in Silver Spring, Md. Overall, from January 2000 through December 2009, such diagnoses increased 60 percent.

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The center also reported that mental health disorders rank as the top cause of hospitalization for male service members and the second cause of hospitalization for women after pregnancy-related conditions. The Army topped the number of admissions. {read rest}