Though mental health support can literally save the lives of returning veterans, many must wait years for the help they need.<\/p>\n
A new study has determined that vets with mental health conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD<\/a>) and depression typically must wait an average of two years after returning from deployment before their mental health issues are addressed by Veterans Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0”When the vets do begin to receive mental health treatment, the study also found that care is often fragmented and not as effective as is needed,” commented veterans disability lawyer James Fausone.<\/p>\n The study, published in the journal Psychiatric Services<\/a><\/em> in December 2012, looked at vets of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars between 2001and 2011 processed by Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers.\u00a0 These men and women typically were given with eight sessions of mental health treatment, a number considered far lower than that in the civilian population looking for PTSD or depression support, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Though mental health support can literally save the lives of returning veterans, many must wait years for the help they need. A new study has determined that vets with mental health conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression typically…<\/span><\/p>\n