Troops See Significant Jump in New PTSD Diagnoses
In 2007, there were nearly 14,000 new cases of post-traumatic stress disorder across the military troops, compared with about 9,500 new cases in 2006 and 1,632 new cases in 2003, according to Army statistics. Army Surgeon General Eric Schoomaker attributed the rise in PTSD to increased exposure of troops to combat, as well as the fact that officials began keeping an electronic health record system in 2004 that captures more information and that people are becoming more knowledgeable about the illness.
- "More Troops Diagnosed With PTSD" (Jelinek, AP/Ventura County Star, 5/28).