PTSD

a chance to travel

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Why did you join the army?
Get away from my home town. See the world. I've always wanted to travel. I enjoy travelling.
All my brothers have got trades - plumbers, electricians and things like that. And you come back, and people say 'how was your week at work?' And they say 'Oh I've done this and done that'. And they say 'Well he's done a 6 month tour of Afghan'. And you can hold your head up high and say that. A lot of people respect you for that.

Private Kieran Connolly (20)

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300,000 veterans may have PTSD

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- Approximately 18.5% U.S. service members who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq currently have post-traumatic stress disorder or depression; and 19.5% report experiencing a traumatic brain injury during deployment.
- Roughly half of those who need treatment for these conditions seek it, but only slightly more than half who receive treatment get minimally adequate care.

If these numbers are representative, of the 1.64 million deployed to date... approximately 300,000 veterans who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan are currently suffering from PTSD or major depression, and about 320,000 may have experienced TBI during deployment.

— RAND Corporation

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