40% rise in mental health diagnoses among troops, report finds By Riley Ceder Friday, Jan 3, 2025

[rangerrebew]

40% rise in mental health diagnoses among troops, report finds
By Riley Ceder
 Friday, Jan 3, 2025
 
The report, which was released as part of the agency’s Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division’s December Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, examined mental health diagnoses among active-duty troops between 2019 and 2023, finding that anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, accounted for the largest increase in diagnoses.

Specifically, diagnoses of these disorders nearly doubled during the five-year period, according to the report. The report did not pinpoint a single cause for the rise but cited the COVID-19 pandemic, which coincided with the five-year period, as a potential factor in the uptick.

In 2023, active-duty service members experiencing a mental health disorder populated more hospital beds than any other affliction, accounting for 54.8% of all hospital bed days.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2025/01/03/40-rise-in-mental-health-diagnoses-among-troops-report-finds/

[rangerrebew]

Has it really gone up that much or has the mental health industry become so woke and the DSM so meaningless it looks that way.

[Smokin Joe]

Ol' Blood and Guts would have had something to say about it.

Consider something around 15% of troops actually engage in combat, 54% seems high. Not saying that (for whatever reason) the diagnoses are not on the rise, but does that reflect an increase in the condition, or an increase in diagnosing it, and if the latter, has it always been that bad (and went undiagnosed/treated) or is this something new?

[AL]

40%, that's an awful high number.  My guess would be that a lot of it is due to the almost former Commander in Chief.