Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: DOD Needs to Identify the Factors Its Providers Use to Make Mental Health Evaluation Referrals for Servicemembers
May 2006 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: DOD Needs to Identify the Factors Its Providers Use to Make Mental Health Evaluation Referrals for Service Members The Government Accountability Office (GAO) after reviewing data provided by the Department of Defense (DOD) found that DOD post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screening to identify service members at-risk to develop PTSD may miss as many as 22% of those who need treatment. The GAO determined that five percent of a sample of 178,664 service members may have been at-risk to develop PTSD. Of the 9,145 at-risk (as determined in accordance . . .
