Connect to share and comment Authors of the report said that 40
percent of those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq who had PTSD
were told to get further treatment, of whom 65 percent got it in
the end. A new study says that post traumatic stress disorder
sufferers (PTSD) need better access to care. Authors of the
report said that 40 percent of those who served in Afghanistan
and Iraq who had PTSD were told to get further treatment. Yet,
researchers said that only about 65 percent of them did get
further treatment. “There is a tremendous amount of goodwill
effort in both departments to provide good treatment,” said
study author Sandro Galea, a professor of epidemiology at
Columbia University, reported the Boston Globe. “The challenge
is that in the rush to deliver treatment, assessment and
monitoring have not been implemented rigorously, and that is a
missed opportunity.” The committee authoring the 400-page report
also said that treatment faces obstacles such as lack of
training and difficulties reaching sol