The transition from military service to civilian life can present challenges for some U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in terms of losing a common military identity, having difficulties in developing new social support systems, finding meaningful employment post military service, and being at risk for mental health concerns and suicide (Reger et al., 2015). In fact, suicide has become the second leading cause of death among military personnel (Ramchand, Acosta, Burns, Jaycox, & Pernin, 2011) and the figures have exceeded the estimates for the general U.S. population (Bryan et al., 2015). In addition, it has been estimated that only 35 percent of all veterans seek health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics [NCVAS], 2010); this number has remained consistent over the years, the most recent estimate of slightly less than 30 percent is for the year 2016 (NCVAS, 2017).

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退伍军人充当志愿者：社会工作者需要知道的内容。

从兵役到平民生活的转变可能会给一些美国伊拉克和阿富汗退伍军人带来挑战，包括失去共同的军事身份，难以建立新的社会支持系统，在服役后找到有意义的工作以及处于精神健康风险中关注和自杀（Reger等，2015）。实际上，自杀已成为军事人员中第二大死亡原因（Ramchand，Acosta，Burns，Jaycox和Pernin，2011年），这一数字已经超过了美国总人口的估计数（Bryan等人，2015年）。此外，据估计，只有35％的退伍军人从退伍军人事务部（VA）寻求医疗保健（国家退伍军人分析和统计中心[NCVAS]，2010年）；多年来，这个数字一直保持不变，