Reports have come out for years that there is very little therapy going on but a lot of pills being given. Looks like that could be the problem here. Pills help with PTSD but talking helps a lot more.

Bragg PTSD Cases Low, but Meds use High

September 30, 2010

Fayetteville Observer

Fort Bragg, N.C., Soldiers are being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder less than half as often as Soldiers Armywide.

Figures provided by the Army also show that Fort Bragg Soldiers are medically retired or discharged for PTSD far less often than Soldiers as a whole.

Yet the number of Soldiers meeting with psychological counselors at Fort Bragg is similar to the overall Army rate in each of the past three years.

Meanwhile, the figures show prescriptions for anti-depressants and other drugs have grown tremendously at Fort Bragg since 2004. More than one in three Soldiers on post -- 17,594 -- took some form of opiate last year, mostly for pain relief. One in 10 took an anti-depressant, according to statistics from Womack Army Medical Center.

Officials with Womack and PTSD experts say the numbers are intriguing, but there is no way to single out one factor to explain them.

"The analyst in me would say that clearly shows a pattern of lower incidence of unfit Soldiers at Fort Bragg. Why? I couldn't tell you," he said. "There are a lot of Soldiers who have been diagnosed with PTSD who continue to serve. It has to be severe enough that either he's a danger to himself or others or he's unable to perform his duties."

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