The Veterans administration is fortunate enough to not be affected by the Affordability Care Act. Veteran healthcare will continue as usual by not being affected by the changes proposed in the Affordability Care Act. However‚ an analysis of environmental factors does have an effect on veteran’s healthcare. For example rural healthcare‚ treatment by community outpatient clinics and ethnic disparity in healthcare are affect by environmental factors. Environmental Analysis The Veterans Administration
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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 697‚000 U.S. veterans served in the Persian Gulf
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our war veterans blend into society without having the feeling of being uncomfortable. The many things that affect veteran from PTSD include the symptoms‚ the treatments available‚ and also how it impacts their daily lives. There are many types of symptoms that veterans deal with when it comes to post-traumatic stress disorder. Some of the symptoms are intrusion‚ avoidance‚ or having difficulty sleeping. One of the intrusion symptoms are flashbacks‚ these are brief episodes that a veteran will experience
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In our agency “No Vets left behind‚” the biggest issue many of our clients are struggling with is the readjustment back into civilian life. There are many issues affecting veterans returning home from combat. Many of these service members exhibit high levels of emotional distress while on deployments. The events experienced in combat that may elicit trauma include: firefights‚ improvised explosive devices‚ minesweeping‚ witnessing death and much more. These traumatic experiences can create mental
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traumatic memories of war is not easy at all. Veterans are at a very high risk for mental health problems. Involvement in a war can have many undesired consequences for the mental health and well being of military personnel. There are many reasons why it is our responsibility to make sure our veterans are getting the care they need and deserve when they return home. This includes the endless amount of mental health concerns for people in the military and veterans of war‚ separate treatment for men and
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The Issue of Substance Abuse in the Military: Before‚ During and Returning From Deployment Nicole Thomas Psychology 101 March 18‚ 2013 The Issue of Substance Abuse in the Military: Before‚ During and Returning From Deployment Current numbers estimate about one-third of people meet the criteria for a substance abuse problem. As one would assume‚ the number for people in stressful situations is higher (Lande et al.‚ 2011). “Substance abuse includes alcohol‚ tobacco‚ illicit drugs‚ and misuse
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suicidal ideation among Iraq and Afghanistan U. S. veterans” are Wisco‚ Blair E.‚ Marx‚ Brian P.‚ Holowka‚ Darren W.‚ Vasterling‚ Jennifer J.‚ Han‚ Sohyun C.‚ Chen‚ May S.‚ Gradus‚ Jaimie L.‚ Nock‚ Matthew K.‚ Rosen‚ Raymond C. and Keane‚ Terence M. The article is found in the Journal of Traumatic Stress‚ Vol 27(2)‚ Apr‚ 2014. pp. 244-248. The authors of the second article titled “Suicide and traumatic brain injury among individuals seeking Veterans Health Administration services” are Brenner‚ Lisa
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because of my experiences. Mental health and therapy really helps to understand everything I’ve been through." ( According to a RAND Corp. Research Institute study released on April 17‚ 2008‚ about 320‚000 of the 1.64 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the U.S. had experienced a traumatic brain injury and about 300‚000 suffered from PTSD or depression.
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Veteran Suicide Due to Sleep Disturbance Grant Wright ITT Technical Institute Abstract This article reviewed the role of sleep disturbance in time to suicide since the last treatment visit among veterans receiving Veterans Health Administration services. Among 423 veteran suicide decedents from two geographic areas‚ veteran suicides with a documented sleep disturbance were compared with those without sleep disturbance on time to death since their last VHA visit using an accelerated failure
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(PTSD) is becoming an ever increasing problem in today’s military. This disorder is nothing new and has affected veterans from World War I‚ World War II‚ the Korean War‚ the Vietnam War and Desert Shield/Desert Storm. There are particularly good descriptions of posttraumatic stress symptoms in the medical literature on combat veterans of World War II and on Holocaust survivors. (Veterans Affairs Fact Sheet‚ 2006). But with the many deployments in the past several years to Iraq and Afghanistan‚ with
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