Contractors Who Worked in Conflict Zones Suffer High Rates of PTSD, Depression and Get Little Help

From the press release:

Private contractors who worked in Iraq, Afghanistan or other conflict environments over the past two years report suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression more often than military personnel who served in recent conflicts, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Researchers found that among the contractors studied, 25 percent met criteria for PTSD, 18 percent screened positive for depression and half reported alcohol misuse. Despite their troubles, relatively few get help either before or after deployment.

Source: RAND Corporation
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Qualitative evaluation of mental health services for clients with limited English proficiency

From the abstract:

This paper builds on promising results from quantitative evaluations by reporting on qualitative interviews with Latino and Vietnamese LEP clients in mental health services (N = 20) to examine the awareness, impact, and implications of these threshold language policies. 

Source: International Journal of Mental Health Systems [via eScholarship repository]

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