Table 2.
Prevalence of mental health conditions for telephone interview sample
| Disorder | Telephone interview | |
|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 2616) | ||
| N | % | |
| Alcohol abuse a | 628 | 24.0 |
| Alcohol dependence b | 615 | 23.5 |
| Major depressive disorder c | 270 | 10.3 |
| Any depressive disorder d | 560 | 21.4 |
| Deployment‐related PTSD e, f | 121 | 9.6 |
| PTSD ever in lifetime f, g | 249 | 10.1 |
| Generalized anxiety disorder h | 45 | 1.7 |
| Suicide riski | 49 | 1.9 |
DSM‐IV criterion A (at least one symptom of maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to impairment or distress) and criterion B (does not meet requirements for substance dependence ever in lifetime). Those who reported never having drunk were coded as never having the condition.
DSM‐IV criterion A (at least three symptoms of maladaptive pattern of substance use) ever in lifetime and symptoms occurred together; MINI. Those who reported never having drunk were coded as never having the condition.
DSM‐IV criteria; ≥ 5 out of nine on PHQ‐9, depressed mood or anhedonia, and symptoms occurred together.
DSM‐IV criteria; ≥ 2 out of nine on PHQ‐9, depressed mood or anhedonia, and symptoms occurred together.
Calculated among everyone who have deployment experience (N = 1668) minus those who never experienced a deployment related traumatic event (N = 374) and those who refused to answer deployment‐related PTSD symptoms (N = 28). Of the total sample, nine individuals refused to say if they had ever been deployed and were coded as missing.
DSM‐IV criterion A/A2 and criteria B–F ever in lifetime.
Calculated among everyone in the sample (N = 2616) minus those who never experienced a traumatic event (N = 141) and those who refused to answer PTSD symptoms (N = 14).
≥ 10 on GAD‐7, at least six months symptom duration, functional impairment, symptoms occurred together, and presence of symptoms in the past month.
PHQ‐9 (thoughts of wanting to hurt themselves in the past 30 days).