questions arose asking if the United States had the right and resources to oversee world freedom (Bender). America became involved to prevent communism from spreading throughout Asia (14). During the war American policy was unclear and this led to soldiers with moral confusion (149). Mintze reports The Viet Cong‚ a communist led guerilla group‚ began to fight South Vietnam in 1958. In 1965‚ attacks from the air became part of every day life in Vietnam. Air strikes and napalm attacks killed
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Sergey Romaniv Instructor: William S. Durden English 102 17 May 2014 Military Veterans Face An Uphill Battle Against PTSD Everyone at some point in their life will experience a traumatic event. As many as 20% will develop some sort of PTSD. What is PTSD? It is an acronym that is used quite frequently in the past decade‚ so what does it denote? Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is caused when a person experiences a dangerous event. When a person feels afraid or
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Sgt. Danny Facto‚ a member of the 10th Mountain Division who served in Afghanistan‚ told his story on having PTSD. "When I go to [a] group and I talk with guys who are just like me it helps a lot‚ because I can discuss with guys that have been in combat‚ guys that have been shot at‚ guys who have lost friends‚ guys that have killed other people. When I came back‚ I was me‚ but I was different because of my experiences. Mental health and therapy really helps to understand everything I’ve been through
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a type of anxiety disorder. PTSD is a serious condition that can develop when a person has experienced or witnessed a traumatic or terrifying event in which serious physical harm occurred or was threatened. Usually the body is able to recover to normal levels of hormones and chemicals the body releases due to the stress. But with a person with PTSD the body keeps releasing the stress hormones and chemicals. An example of PTSD could be a soldier whose been to war. For
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PTSD is sometimes known as a normal reaction to abnormal events. It was not noticed by the medical community until the 1970s‚ during the Vietnam War. Originally diagnosed in veterans during 1955-1975 It was then first defined as a disorder in 1980. Post-traumatic stress disorder is now recognized in civilians of rape‚ or other criminal assaults‚ natural disasters‚ train collisions‚ aircraft crashes‚ or acts of terrorism such as child abuse. In the early nineteenth century‚ soldiers were diagnosed
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Some veterans do get help quickly and that helps lessen their PTSD. But‚ most have to wait too long to get help and end up not wanting it anymore. As Dr. Harkness said in an interview‚ ’’the military teaches soldiers to survive in the harshest conditions‚ so they rarely seek out help’’ (Streep‚ New York Times). Too often the family members of veterans with PTSD are the ones who are taking care of them. These family members and veterans need help‚ yet they face
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anguish that allows PTSD to rear its ugly head it seems the variations are un-limited. Now some emotions might be stirred by hatred within the units in the field wielded toward their fellow fighting commandants’. I’d not sure but I would imagine that during Korea and Vietnam women made up maybe only a slight population of the MASH (Mobile Ambulance Surgery Hospital)Bombs bursting around them as well as our poor wounded soldiers can be added to other outward disturbances that can cause PTSD in the Medical
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Additionally‚ several other symptoms of PTSD can impact the minds of those overcome by this disorder. While addressing the misconceptions of modern literature‚ Paul Chappell emphasizes‚ “…Children reading [The Hunger Games] are given the unrealistic impression that our minds are virtually immune
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Child Soldiers Throughout history‚ many wars have promoted the problem of child soldiers. Many researchers and government officials have looked deeper into the issue whether or not child soldiers should be treated as victims or criminals. This problem has raised many questions on how child soldiers should be treated. Though this issue is not black and white‚ with many cases of child soldiers‚ these children should be treated as victims. Many children have been subjected to war broken homes and
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Multi Genre Project Child Soldiers By: Ralia Lahlou Ms. Gugel March 2nd‚ 2012 The Beginning of the Change From the first day‚ something about these innocent eyes filled with hatred inspired me to write. These eyes are those of a child soldier. Before starting this project‚ I did not think much of children fighting in wars‚ but as the research got deeper and my understanding of their situation more thorough‚ this project became much more than a simple task I had to accomplish. I felt close
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