21
The number of the question on the Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86) that asks applicants for a security clearance if they have consulted with a mental health professional within the previous seven years.
years.
18.9%
The percentage of 186,460 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with a PTSD diagnosis between 2007 and 2012 who received antipsychotic medication, according to a recent article in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry -- Antipsychotic prescriptions in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder in Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare, 2007-2012.
11.7%
The percentage of 2,409 California high school students with a parent in the military who "answered yes when asked if they had attempted suicide in the previous year," according to a Los Angeles Times article describing a study published in the March 2015 issue of European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry -- Suicidality among military-connected adolescents in California schools.
30,000
The number of Airmen who "may be struggling with unhealthy patterns of Internet use," according to survey results extrapolated from a RAND Corporation survey of 3,479 active-duty, guard, and reserve Airmen in 2012. The survey, discussed in a recent RAND report on problematic Internet use, used the 15-item Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2 (GPIUS2) scale, measuring "indicators on undesirable behavior such as turning to the Internet when feeling down or lonely, thinking obsessively about going online, having difficulty controlling Internet use, and experiencing adverse life events due to Internet use." The full survey results were reported in an earlier RAND report -- Information and Communication Technologies to Promote Social and Psychological Well-Being in the Air Force.
7.2 percent
The 2014 unemployment rate among Gulf War-era II veterans (those who served at any time since September 2001), according to data released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This represents a decline of 1.8 percent over the previous year.