Military Suffer From Depression

Military Suffer From Depression.
Private contractors who worked in Afghanistan, Iraq and other brawl zones over the before two years have high rates of depression and post-traumatic burden disorder (PTSD), a new study finds. Researchers conducted an anonymous online scanning of 660 contractors who had been deployed to a conflict zone at least once between early 2011 and early 2013, and found that 25 percent met the criteria for PTSD and 18 percent for depression. Half reported fire-water misuse.

Despite these problems, few contractors received lend a hand before or after deployment, according to the study by the RAND Corp, a nonprofit scrutinize organization. Even though most of them had health insurance, only 28 percent of those with PTSD and 34 percent of those with gloominess reported receiving mental health treatment in the previous 12 months. Many contractors also reported fleshly health problems as a result of deployment, including traumatic perceptiveness injuries, respiratory issues, back pain and hearing problems, the study authors pointed out in a RAND flash release.

Duties of private contractors include military base support and maintenance, logistical supports, transportation, intelligence, communications, construction and care services. "Given the extensive use of contractors in affray areas in recent years, these findings highlight a significant but often overlooked group of people struggling with the after-effects of working in a struggle zone," study co-author Molly Dunigan, a political scientist at RAND, said in the dispatch release. Among the survey respondents, 61 percent of the contractors were from the United States and 24 percent were from the United Kingdom.

Other respondents were from Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and other nations. US contractors had nearly twice the chew out of PTSD and cavity as UK contractors, who tended to announce better preparation, lower levels of combat exposure and better living conditions than US contractors. Contractors from other countries had even better experiences in these categories than those from the United Kingdom caliplus. More resources are needed to assistance contractors at all stages of their deployment, the researchers suggested.