Armed Forces: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
(asked on 27th January 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the number of armed forces personnel that have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in each of the last ten years.
The following table shows the number of UK Armed Forces personnel with an initial assessment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at a Ministry of Defence Department for Community Mental Health (DCMH) from 2010-11 to 2019-20:
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2010-11 | 244 |
2011-12 | 269 |
2012-13 | 330 |
2013-14 | 375 |
2014-15 | 274 |
2015-16 | 297 |
2016-17 | 307 |
2017-18 | 299 |
2018-19 | 301 |
2019-20 | 366 |
Source: Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP)
The rate of UK Armed Forces personnel assessed with PTSD remains low at 0.2% in 2019-20, equivalent to 2 in 1,000 personnel.