Stress, alcoholism plague British veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan

An extensive study of thousands of British military frontline veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan finds that they face escalating mental health problems, alcoholism, and family breakdowns.
The report in the British Medical Journal Online states that prolonged periods in conflict are linked to higher levels of posttraumatic stress disorder, psychological distress and problems at home. Overall, 5,547 (63.9 percent) of 8,686 British regulars who completed a study questionnaire had participated in at least one deployment in the past three years.
Most of the British military personnel had one or two deployments in the past three years. Almost a third of those with a combat role in their last active-duty assignment had been deployed for 13 months or more in the past three years.Read It Here

full text of the study here at the British Medical Journal


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