Our soldiers risk their lives every day for us Americans to have the freedom that we take for granted on a daily basis. Who would think that our soldiers suffer more once they come back to our soil then when they were on Afghanistan’s or Iraq’s soil? Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a very serious condition amongst many returning soldier that have experienced or witnessed a very traumatic event or even a war. Our soldiers are being drugged with medications that they do not need to be taking‚ but
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Despaigne 1 Doris Despaigne Professor Mercier English 120 29 September 2014 Who Will Fight for Them “The Red Convertible‚” by Louise Erdrich‚ reveals how an individual who served in a war fights an internal war upon returning home. Henry‚ a Native American United States Marine‚ returning home from the Vietnam War‚ wrestled with such a battle which ultimately severed the loving bond he shared with his brother. The brotherhood between Lyman and his older brother Henry was solid and the red Oldsmobile
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physical ramifications as a result of being in combat can range from a nick and a few scratches‚ losing a limb‚ or even losing a life. Time tends to heal these injuries. The psychological effects of war on the other hand are trickier to deal with. Most veterans that return home after fighting in war have no major readjustment problems. It is not so easy for a small percentage of soldiers that suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to readjust. In fact the symptoms can remain for years after the experience
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide My grandfather‚ who served in the Vietnam war in the 1960’s‚ started suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) within 2 months after he returned home from combat. After all the tragedy he experienced during the war‚ it has been so hard for him to forget‚ and adapt to the environment. Every time he goes to the restaurant‚ or any place that is surrounded with too many people‚ he gets panic attacks. He also faces difficulty sleeping‚ blames himself
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Finding the Calm After the Storm in The Sun Also Rises The veterans of World War I are referred to as the “Lost Generation.” The young men and women who serve during this time become adrift from their previous morals and values. Marriage‚ love‚ and loss are different for them. Desensitized‚ with many suffering posttraumatic stress disorder‚ the men and women are expected to return and continue their life before the war. However‚ as Ernest Hemingway and his novel The Sun Also Rises proves‚ this
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Introduction The main goal for our lesson plan was to educate the class on the treatment of war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental or psychological illnesses. We focused on how it was then to how it is now. As we did our research we found that all other mental or psychological illnesses that war veterans could possibly have all fall under the post-traumatic stress disorder category. Not a lot of people even know what post-traumatic stress disorder is‚ and those that do
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If after this time the individual remains fearful‚ helpless‚ or in some other way shows the criteria for PTSD then the evaluator can consider the individual for evaluation for a possible diagnosis. Operational Definition Using a sample of 153 veterans‚ Elizabeth Betemps and Dewleen G. Baker used Rasch measurement theory to “examine the Mississipii Scale-Revised for its utility in the development of interval measure of…(PTSD)‚” (Betemps & Baker‚ 2004). The Rasch scale is a probability based
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Review of Evidence-Based Research. Natural Medicine Journal‚ Vol. 2 pgs 10-11. Department of Veterans Affairs. (2013‚ May 29). Cognitive Processing Therapy. Retrieved from Veterans Affairs: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/cognitive_processing_therapy.asp Department of Veterans Affairs Doll‚ C. (2013‚ May 29). EFT- An in Depth Look at the Emotional Freedom Technique. Retrieved from Family of a Veteran: http://www.familyofavet.com/EFT_emotional_freedom_technique.html Jakupcak‚ M Liner‚ J. (2013
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War forces people to think and act in ways that are often thought to be inhumane. Long lasting effects emotionally and physically are a sad reality for veterans and their family. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the disabilities many veterans suffer from. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs‚ PTSD may breakdown families and close relationships due to the fact they may no longer feel emotions(----). The sniper portrays situations where the I.R.A. sniper has to put
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a secret mission; only one of the SEAL’s ended up making it home alive. Very good movie about Navy SEAL hero‚ Marcus Lutrell. Clint Eastwood‚ director of American Sniper‚ shows what it is like when troops come home. Kyle went to visit with the veterans at the local VA
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