Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Awards $2.12 Million in Grants to Help Returning Soldiers Heal Emotional Wounds of War

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Soldiers returning home from war carry more than duffle bags and dog tags when their tour of duty ends. Studies show that nearly one in five men and women deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2004 suffers from severe depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. Another 19 percent have traumatic brain injuries. Suicide rates among United States military personnel are at an all-time high and threaten to rise since soldiers with brain injuries are three to four times more likely to commit suicide. Yet only half of all service personnel affected by serious mental illness seek treatment.

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