In July modern England Journal of ...

In July modern England Journal of Medicine published an article with the ends from a survey of more than 6000 companys who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the article, combat veterans, particularly those returning from Iraq, have significantly higher rates of mental ill-ness than their noncombat colleagues or the general public. At highest risk for major depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stres disorders are soldiers who were hurted handled bodies, killed enemy combatants, or knew someone who was killed. Barriers to mental health care and trouble about stigma prevented many military personnel from getting help. The article make acceptables that family physicians routinely veil combat veterans for mental illness and increase the use of primary care clinics for mental health services. The meditation is available online at http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/351/1/13. More information forward helping military personnel is available online at http://www.aafp.org/fpr/20040600/10.html and http://www.aafp.org/fpr/20040600/11.html.

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