would you feel if you were walking down the street and saw a homeless veteran? Someone who served our country‚ but is now suffering? For their services‚ they deserve so much better than what they have right now. They suffered for our country and may have lost limbs for our country‚ yet why should they continue to suffer even when they should be honored and living a decent life? In Stanislaus County‚ there are countless veterans who are in need of assistance and compensation for their services‚ and
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References Price‚ J. (01/01/2007). Findings from the National Vietnam Veterans’ Readjustment Study. United States Department of 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
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They always last for one month. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs‚ the number of Veterans with PTSD varies by service era. For example‚ in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom‚ about 11-20 out of every 100 veterans who served in OIF or OEF have PTSD in a given year. With the Gulf War‚ about 12 out every 100 Gulf War Veterans have PTSD in a given year. When it comes to the Vietnam War veterans‚ about 15 out of every 100 veterans were currently diagnosed with PTSD at the time of
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Suicide amongst Military Personnel and Veterans In relation to Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder MPA 620 Prof. Woldeamanuel Feb 26‚ 2014 “Doctors used to call it "shell shock‚" "soldier ’s heart‚" or "nostalgia." Soldiers would shake uncontrollably‚ experience heart palpitations‚ or go blind after witnessing trauma on the battlefield. From as far back as ancient Greece‚ history reveals the psychological toll of war on soldiers
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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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At Cacciutti Veteran Educational Foundation‚ our belief is that our discharged veterans deserve added consideration when obtaining gainful education and employment opportunities to be able to support themselves‚ along with proper medical care‚ both physical and psychological‚ to help the veteran assimilate into civilian life. Cacciutti Veteran Educational Foundation has noticed the lack of capable‚ skilled workers to take over for those who are exiting their respective fields‚ along with the rising
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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 thrive in our communities‚ or in some cases suicide. These veterans have been referred to as the “walking wounded” or have been said to suffer
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investigating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) in veterans and how it can be treated. PTSD has been around since the world’s very first conflicts‚ but it wasn’t until the 1900’s that is was medically recognized as a Mental disorder. The amount of veterans suffering from this disorder without treatment is un-imaginable. Often times veterans refuse to seek treatment for this disorder because they are afraid of the consequences of treatment. Veterans wouldn’t need to be treated if we take care of the
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Introduction Prevalence of mental health problems in veterans Veterans are defined as those that have served in the Armed Forces for at least one day and have now left the military (Hughes‚ 2017). It is well documented by Iverson et al. (2007) that many veterans found serving in the Armed Forces to be a positive experience and the majority of veterans do not experience mental health difficulties after leaving the Armed Forces (Fear et al.‚ 2010). Numerous other studies have‚ however‚ shown there
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Hays County Veterans Services Hays County Veterans Service Office is an office assisting the veterans of Hays County to apply for their benefits through the Veterans Administration (VA). Miles Nelson is one of the Veterans Service Officers working at Hays County Veterans Services. Miles is also a student at Texas State University. He is in his senior year studying for his Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology. While Miles has other degrees‚ he states that Anthropology is the one he would consider
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