Veterans In The Workforce
Following deployment, many veterans in the United States have a hard time joining the workforce. Two of the main concerns related to poor return to employment are PTSD and depression. According to Smith (2015), in 2009, 21.9 million veterans lived in the United States, and of those veterans only 9.8 million who were under the age of 65 had a job. Of the 21.9 million who were employed, nearly 5.5 millions veterans had a disability (Smith, 2015, p. 349). These statistics present the issue that there are many veterans who are unaccounted for in the workforce, however, there are many veterans that are employed that continue to suffer from mental illnesses. Current studies suggest that those veterans, who were diagnosed with PTSD, are less like