Over Half of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Treated by VA, Treated for Mental Health Conditions

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By Bob Brewin 03/22/2011

"Slightly more than half of all Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans treated by the Veterans Affairs Department received care for mental health problems, roughly four times the rate of the general population,"

"The data show that among the 625,834 Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans enrolled in the VA health care system as of December 2010, 313,670 were treated for mental health conditions."