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 250‚000 sought health care in Veterans Administration facilities‚ with approximately 45‚000 individuals receiving care for post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD is perhaps
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been a reoccurring theme in the military. The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) defines military sexual trauma (MST) as “psychological trauma…result(ing) from a physical assault of a sexual nature‚ battery of a sexual nature‚ or sexual harassment which occurred while the Veteran was serving on active duty or active duty for training” (38 USC § 1720D; Monteith‚ Bahraini‚ Matarazzo‚ Soberay‚ & Smith‚ 2016). Although the military offers services to Veterans that have suffered MST‚ victims still feel reluctant
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traumatic event back in the days of the Vietnam War and World War 2 because back then there was no such thing as PTSD. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can occur in anybody‚ women‚ children‚ men and it can occur at any age. According to the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs about 60% of men and 50% of women experience at least one traumatic event in their life‚ about 7-8% of the population will have PTSD in their life span‚ and about 10% of women have PTSD and 5% of men have PTSD at one point of their lives
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Works Cited Associated Press. "Veterans Administration Health Care Is Not Readily Available in Rural Areas." Do Veterans Receive Adequate Health Care? Ed. Susan C. Hunnicutt. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "For Veterans in Rural Areas‚ Health Care Can Be a Battle." www.ap.org. 2011. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 13 May 2013. Williams‚ Carol J. "The Veterans Administration Does Not Provide Proper Services for PTSD." Do Veterans Receive Adequate Health Care? Ed. Susan
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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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the Department of Defense. Of four different treatments that were recommended by the Joint Clinical Practice Guidelines for PTSD‚ eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment and its effectiveness are covered in this journal (Russell‚ 2007). EMDR treatment concentrates on the correlation between eye movement and certain visual triggers that result in reliving or remembering past memories that were especially shocking or stressful. Several problems in the Department of
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which makes him a credible source in this topic. Brewster explains In this article how the movement to keep Veterans Affairs district offices open did not work. The defeated motion called for more mental health professionals to help war veterans and to have the government complete nearly a 100 unsolved suicide investigations involving war veterans. The article did a very good job getting first hand comments from soldiers who were disappointed with the
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international organization with nearly 2.5 million members and a stalwart purpose: to serve the veterans of the American Armed Forces and promote education among the country’s youth. To assist America’s veterans‚ the Legion provides them and their families through Operation Comfort Warriors. It also sponsors education through various activities and competitions offered nationally‚ including the Boys and Girls State programs and its support of the Boy Scouts. Theodore Roosevelt‚ Junior‚ the eldest son of
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Born on The 4th of July is a film based on the true story of Ron Kovic‚ a young‚ naïve man who went to Vietnam in the noble efforts of serving his country - once there‚ he was shot in the chest and was forever paralyzed. He returned to a United States which didn’t believe in the war‚ and didn’t believe in him. He soon grows embittered with life‚ losing his chances to be a man‚ condemned to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He eventually joins the anti-war movement‚ gets thrown out of the Republican
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The Veteran’s Administration (VA) utilizes a combination of mediation and advocacy methods. They offer services of a wide range to Veterans of war. After proper diagnosis of their ailments‚ treatment plans and goals for recovery are made by a “gatekeeper” type person who sets up initial services and assigns them an advocate to help the client as they begin the programing (Lomas & Berman‚ 1983). The advocate will meet with‚ listen to and then evaluate the situations pertinent to the client and help
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