behind him and and try to wrestle with him. The instant that my friend touched him‚ Doe flipped him on the ground and had his knee on his chest. Once he realized it was a student‚ he helped him up and told him that he shouldn’t ever do that to a war veteran. After all that happened he sat the whole class down and proceeded to tell us that he suffers from PTSD and that we cannot just sneak up on him like that because it would not end well for anyone and everybody was just in shock by what he was saying
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Posttraumatic stress disorder or more commonly known as PTSD is one of the most common mental health disorders. It mostly affects victims of sexual assault‚ war veterans or soldiers‚ people who sustained a serious injury or the threat of death in which they experienced intense fear‚ horror or powerlessness (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013). In saying this‚ not everyone who has experienced a traumatic event develop PTSD. In New Zealand‚ there are 35.9% of people with severe PTSD‚ 36.9% of
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follow up with treatment will receive either therapy or medication (PTSD). Veterans are able to go to the VA for their treatment and whatever help they need. According to The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs‚ forty-six percent of veterans go to the VA for care and of that forty-six percent‚ forty-eight percent are diagnosed with a mental health issue (PTSD: National Center). They also state some reasons why some veterans will not seek treatment. They include that they fear being seen as weak‚ concern
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soldiers who just join the service have clear and innocent consciences to begin with. Studies have shown that soldiers returning from war don’t always come back as the same person people once knew them before. War combat is an experience in which veterans will never forget. Some soldiers have seen or have even done things in which will haunt them for as long as they live. War can be one of the most tragic and traumatizing experiences a man will ever go through. Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things
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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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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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| Duplicate Federal Payments for Dual Enrollees in Medicare Advantage Plans and the Veterans Affairs Health Care System NAME HERE February 14‚ 2013 What are Medicare Advantage and Veteran’s Affairs Health Care Systems as explained in this article? This article is about how the federal government spends a severe amount of money on duplicative funds in two separate managed care programs‚ Medicare advantage and Veteran’s healthcare system programs. Both of these programs pay for the care
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Strengths Strong Brand The New York Islanders brand is embedded within their traditions. Even the change of something as small as the goal horn‚ from the original foghorn that commended the Long Islands maritime traditions to the sound of the subway-inspired goal horn caused an outcry due to the fact that it did not symbolize the team‚ creating an unfamiliar environment and disrupting a branding technique that had been established decades ago (Drance‚ 2016). The New York Islanders entered the
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Arousal would be described as difficulty concentrating or being startled easily. Being hyper vigilant‚ feeling irritable or having an outburst of anger. There are many victims of this disorder but the focus in the past few years has seem be on war veterans and has been the cause of much study. Throughout the past century‚ awareness and acceptance of PTSD has risen in militaries around the world. The disorder has evolved from being at its earliest stage‚ the Swiss disease‚ then the railway spine‚
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This brief discussion focuses on laws pertaining to marginalized members of the workforce. Those who are at a disadvantage because of a physical difference or disability putting them towards the fringes of accepted society. In this short essay I’ll examine three laws which were designed to improve the lives of the marginalized working class. I will explain how those three laws have helped me and my colleagues over my working life. Next‚ I’ll discuss why one of the las has done more for the employees
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