PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is a mental health problem that can occur after a traumatic event such as war, disaster, or assualt.
Facts
70% of adults in the U.S. have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives. That is 223.4 million people.
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Military adolescents engage less in risky behavior versus other adolescents in situations such as alcohol use (20.8% vs 44.9%) and cigarette use (5.4% vs 21.9%).
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Only half of those who seek treatment for PTSD actually receive, at the most, minimally adequate treatment.
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