Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Iraqi War Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is increasingly common among members of the military services‚ especially those who have served in theaters of operation or war such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Ira Katz (2007)‚ Deputy Chief of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs‚ stated that at the end of the first half of fiscal year 2007‚ almost 720‚000 military men and women separated from the armed forces after service in Iraq and Afghanistan and over
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pay and even separation from the military. Adding to that‚ being late while you are in a combat situation can lead to missions being pushed back or even injury and death of other soldiers of your unit. The negative consequences on the civilian side are just as bad. You can be charged vacation/ sick days and even be fired for neglecting to be to work in a timely manner. Being late may also cause undue stress due to the fact that you would have to work harder to pick up the slack. Being late not only
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Today society is riddled with events that are out of ones control. Events‚ whether they be natural or man made‚ can be extremely traumatic and in many instances can trigger the onset of a common anxiety disorder known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. Upon further research into this disorder a direct correlation can be made between traumatic events and symptoms that occur as a result. Many people who are involved in traumatic events have a difficult time adjusting. In many cases
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom: Comparing Treatment Options Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD) is far too common these days in our military veterans. Whether a diagnosis is made or not‚ America’s Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are wandering around‚ some jobless‚ some homeless‚ and some just lost and attempting to find their place in society. This can lead to self-depreciating behavior involving drugs and alcohol‚ a failure to
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Out of the 5.2 million people who are afflicted with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Most patients diagnosed usually portray symptoms of having flashbacks of an event‚ withdrawing from an event with repeated motions‚ or troubles falling asleep (psychcentral.com). In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ the character Lady Macbeth experiences sleep troubles‚ repeating motions‚ and being with a mental illness. According to (Psychcentral.com) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Military Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental health disorder that must be better understood by the military. PTSD‚ battle fatigue‚ shell shock‚ and several other phrases describe a condition that has been observed in war veterans for centuries. In Achilles in Vietnam‚ Jonathan Shay studied veterans of the Vietnam War with PTSD and explained the similarities between these veterans and Achilles in the book The Iliad. PTSD is triggered by
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battles. Molly Pitcher‚ a Revolutionary War water carrier‚ singlehandedly kept a cannon in action after a artillery crew had been disabled. During the Revolutionary and the Civil War‚ a few women disguised themselves as men and took part in hand-to-hand combat. The first enlisted women served in World War I as telephone and radio operators‚ translators‚ and clerks. But it was not until World War II that women became part of the regular military. Each service had its own women’s corps commanded by female
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sailors‚ naval aviators and fighter pilots as men? Should women be allowed in the line of fire and in direct combat? What role should sexual harassment and fraternization play in the combination of women into the military? The real question‚ essentially‚ is not whether women can serve in any military capacity at all. The real question is whether or not women should be allowed in combat. To understand this debate it is important‚ as it is with any such discussion‚ to put the issue into historical
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Veterans Affair. October 23.2012. http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/vietnam-vets-study.asp War Stress and Trauma: The Vietnam Veteran Experience Robert S. Laufer‚ M. S. Gallops and Ellen Frey-Wouters Journal of Health and Social Behavior ‚ Vol. 25‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1984)‚ pp. 65-85 Published by: American Sociological Association Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2136705 Combat exposure and adult psychosocial adjustment among U.S. Army veterans serving in Vietnam‚ 1965–1971.
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Abstract Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a widespread disorder that affects certain individuals psychologically‚ behaviorally‚ and emotionally following the experience of a traumatic event (Lee et al.‚ 2005‚ p. 135). However‚ because of inconsistencies regarding the percentage of individuals who experience PTSD and the percentage of individuals who subsequently develop PTSD‚ researchers hypothesize that both biological and environmental factors contribute to the development of PTSD (Wolf
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