The Mental Health of our Troops

I just saw this interesting article on the front page of MSN, so I thought I'd share it here for anyone interested. A new study came out recently on the mental health of US troops, the "first large-scale, private assessment of its kind." It found that approximately 300,000 US troops that served in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from depression or post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and only about half of them have sought treatment. About 320,000 have had brain injuries. There is also a panel next to the article that describes the symptoms of PTSD and those of traumatic brain injury.

Here is the link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24183188&GT1=43001