Let’s give credit where credit is due. Thanks to the neocons, life will be even more of a struggle for these soldiers:
WASHINGTON - Thirty percent of U.S. troops returning from the Iraq war have developed stress-related mental health problems three to four months after coming home, the Army’s surgeon general said Thursday.
The problems include anxiety, depression, nightmares, anger and an inability to concentrate, said Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley and other military medical officials. A smaller number of troops, often with more severe symptoms, were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, a serious mental illness.
The biggest problem with PTSD and stress-related mental health problems is that they can rear their very ugly heads not just months but years after the stress happened. This study of 1000 people only a couple of months after stressor is just the tip of the iceberg. Things will get worse especially if they keep cutting back on the VA hospitals.