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Forecasting Mental Health Care Cost For Oif And Oef Veterans, Phil Andrew L. Bernal
Forecasting Mental Health Care Cost For Oif And Oef Veterans, Phil Andrew L. Bernal
Theses and Dissertations
The war in Iraq has been the longest sustained ground combat that the US military has engaged since the Vietnam War. With the ongoing battle against the global war on terrorism, many military personnel will be deployed to hostile areas in support of these operations. The effects of multiple deployment and combat engagement on the mental health of military personnel have been extensively studied. The impacts of mental illnesses, such as PTSD, are tied to longer period in the combat zone. Meeting the psychiatric needs of these veterans will be costly: rehabilitation, retraining, post combat counseling, long-term medical treatment, and …