Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans’ PTSD Problems
PTSD in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is defined as a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident, or sexual assault (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2018). The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB) uses the following criteria to define PTSD for surveillance purposes: One hospitalization with and of the defining diagnoses of PTSDin the first or second diagnostic position; or two […]