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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 28 > Number of troops with PTSD up 50 percent

Number of troops with PTSD up 50 percent


May 28, 2008

WASHINGTON — The number of troops with new cases of post-traumatic stress disorder jumped by roughly 50 percent in 2007 amid the military buildup in Iraq and increased violence there and in Afghanistan.

Records show roughly 40,000 troops have been diagnosed with the illness, also known....

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