Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

(asked on 6th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in each of the last five years; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on support for those people who have PTSD on account of their military service.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 9th February 2018

The most recent available data, from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey in 2014, showed that about one in 20 participants had sufficient symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to warrant further investigation.

The Department and its arm’s length bodies maintain a close working relationship with the Ministry of Defence, as does the National Health Service with the Defence Medical Services, regarding treatment for those who need it following military service, including all mental health treatment. This includes cross-Government Ministerial meetings on mental health and the Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board.

The Veterans Mental Health Complex Treatment Service will be launched on 1 April 2018 and builds on the treatment provided by the Transition, Intervention and Liaison service, which was launched in April 2017. It will be an enhanced service for those with more complex cases of mental health, including PTSD, that have not been resolved earlier in the care pathway. These services are in addition to the transition of care protocols and continuity of care pathways for mental and physical health for all notified wounded, injured and sick.

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