- Nearly one in four (23.5%) male veterans seeking treatment for
PTSD screened positive for severe borderline personality features

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Other than PTSD, researchers found that nearly three fourths (73.6%) of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans screened positive for one or more psychiatric
conditions, half (51.2%) screened positive for three or more, and one in three (34.9% or45/129) screened positive for five or more psychiatric conditions. Similarly, veterans deployed in the Gulf War were found to have approximately double the rates of depression and generalized anxiety disorder in comparison to men in the general population.

Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders among Veterans 

Patel, T. A., Mann, A., Blakey, S. M., Aunon, F. M., Calhoun, P. S., Beckham, J. C., & Kimbrel, N. A. (2021). Diagnostic Correlates of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder among Veterans with Psychiatric Disorders. Psychiatry research, 296, 113672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113672


Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Veterans with Psychiatric Disorders

Researchers utilized the SCID-5 to assess mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance-use disorders. It has demonstrated excellent overall internal consistency and test-retest reliability in previous work.

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