Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Service Members Will Cost U.S. Up To $6.2B Over Two Years, According To Report

Nearly one in five, or about 300,000, soldiers who has served in Iraq or Afghanistan has post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression — illnesses that could cost the U.S. as much as $6.2 billion over two years in care, lost productivity and lost lives through suicide, according to a RAND report released on Thursday, the

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