PTSD Rates for Veterans Who Served in Iraq May Approach 35 Percent

Iraq troops' PTSD rate as high as 35 percent, says Management Insights study 09/14/09. The Veterans' Administration should expect a high volume of Iraq veterans seeking treatment of post traumatic stress disorder, with researchers anticipating that the rate among armed forces will be as high as 35 percent, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences via Eurekalert!