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    The Growing Social Problems Facing our U.S. Veterans Today There are numerous social problems that plague our world today. These issues can be very detrimental to our society as a whole and can also have very negative impacts on many lives. One major social problem we are facing today is the way we are dealing with and handling our United States Veterans. Despite the fact that we are one of the world’s most powerful nations we are failing to properly take care of our service members who put

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    Combat Medics To become a Medic in the United States Army it takes a lot of strength‚ determination and training for days weeks and even months. As a Combat Medic while on the battle field they hold many responsibilities. Combat Medics must have the strength of mind to help save the injured lives along with their troops and their own. Combat medics or any soldier must have a good sense of awareness all of what is around them and what they could be walking into. Being on the battle field soldiers

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    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: PTSD Kelsey Bridges University of Hawaii at Hilo Post Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ refers to deep emotional wounds. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories‚ nightmares‚ social withdrawal‚ jumpy anxiety‚ and insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience (Myers‚ 2011). Post Traumatic Stress Disorder categorizes it self as one of the anxiety disorders. Post Traumatic Stress

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    I have chosen two cartoons to cover social justice Cinderella and Little Mermaid. Bothe movies cover young women looking for a better life for themselves and true love. They show that through hard work‚ determination‚ and the will to keep going‚ anything is possible. Little Mermaid was dissatisfied with her life under the sea word and she dreamt about becoming a human. Her father controlled every move and every decision she made. Even in the wide underwater world‚ she felt restrained. Ariel She

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    The next dimension we will look at is the aesthetic-value dimension. In it we find the ideas that people have about good and bad‚ beautiful and ugly‚ and about right and wrong. The people in the immigrant latino community see the good in others who help them and they think its right to ride the train and take from others who aid them. This might not be the case with the people who manage the train and in a sense are basically giving free rides to people. Furthermore sometimes the cargo in their freight

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    disorder (PTSD). These factors interfere with the emotional processing of the traumatic event (Edwards D. ‚ 2005). These factors include painful emotions‚ which leads to avoidance which thus maintains the PTSD (Edwards D. ‚ 2005). Therefore the analysis of these maintaining factors provides the basis for current approaches to treatment and intervention which will support the individuals in challenging these factors (Edwards D. ‚ 2005). A large number of people who experience and suffer from PTSD do not

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    Wiphu Dulyakahakit September 23rd‚ 2016 Social Perception Assignment Ever since the death of Keith Lamont Scott‚ there has been nothing but unrest‚ violence‚ and protests in the South Carolina. Mr. Scott was a black man who was fatally shot down by a black officer. Protesters and activists see this an act of social injustice. Surprisingly‚ a very brave man name Ken Nwadike who did things differently as the attempt to stop this chaos. Mr. Nwadike was giving hugs to police officers as the way to

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    and domestic violence to events that took place while serving in the military. Research shows that in one out of ten Americans‚ the traumatic event causes a cascade of psychological and biological changes known as post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD‚ posttraumatic stress disorder‚ changes the biology of the brain. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and PET (positron emission tomography) scans show changes in the way memories are stored in the brain. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is an environmental

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    Research The Impacts of PTSD and Alcoholism and Treatment Options among Gulf War Veterans GRAD 716 Sullivan University Brent Casey January 21‚ 2011 The Impacts of PTSD and Alcoholism and Treatment Options among Gulf War Veterans Introduction The purpose of this paper is to investigate and analyze the lived experiences of Gulf War veterans who are in treatment or recovering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and alcoholism. Approximately

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    Running Head: POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: SOCIAL INJUSTICE Social Injustice and Stigma Regarding the Diagnosis and Compensation For Patients who Present with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder YOUR NAME HERE COLLEGE NAME HERE – CITY AND STATE OF COLLEGE HERE In partial fulfillment of the requirements for NAME OF COURSE HERE PROFESSORS NAME HERE October 16‚ 2007 Social Injustice and Stigma Regarding the Diagnosis and Compensation For

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