Table 2 Psychiatric and Misconduct Outcomes in War-Deployed and Non-War-Deployed Enlisted Marines Corps Personnel, 2001-2007â€
From: Psychiatric diagnoses and punishment for misconduct: the effects of PTSD in combat-deployed Marines
Characteristic | Non-war-deployed | War deployed |
|---|---|---|
| Â | N (%) n = 13 944 | N (%) n = 77 881 |
Psychiatric diagnosis status | Â | Â |
   No diagnosis | 11 289 (81.0) | 66 577 (85.5)** |
   Psychiatric diagnosis without PTSD | 2584 (18.5) | 8979 (11.6)** |
   PTSD diagnosis | 73 (0.5) | 2325 (3.0)** |
Length of service at first diagnosis | Â | Â |
   Mean | 20.6 | 25.6** |
   SD | 12.7 | 14.9 |
Misconduct outcomes | Â | Â |
   Demotion | 1300 (9.7) | 4692 (6.5)** |
   Drug-related discharge | 250 (1.8) | 1148 (1.5)** |
   Punitive discharge | 184 (1.4) | 358 (0.5)** |