Buchanan COM/156 April 12‚ 2013 It has been estimated‚ from Michelle Rosenthal (2012)‚ that 70% of all U.S. citizens experience some type of trauma in their life and an estimated 8% have PTSD. War veteran diagnosed PTSD have jumped up 50% in 2012‚ and 1 out of every five veterans that return from Irag are diagnosed with this disorder. It is sad to think of the children that go through trauma‚ but an estimated 15-43% of girls and 14-43% of boys will experience a traumatic event. As
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The terrific casting at military base‚ and the wonderful acting along with perfect production design make the movie more authentic and realistic. This movie starts with a call from a military base to an old veteran that his son is missing from his base. The old military veteran‚ Tommy lee Jones‚ as Hank Deerfield drives to a military base to find out where his beloved son‚ Mike
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feeling as if they are re-living a traumatic event‚ causing them to be unable to focus on the present. PTSD is a whole body tragedy inside humans that causes enormous difficulties in everyday life. My uncle‚ who is a retired United States Navy Veteran‚ spent 25 years traveling around the world and in many war situations. He finds himself getting side tracked all the time. There are many times he finds himself in situations he doesn’t remember getting himself into. One second he is working on paying
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DSM III (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). It was not until 1980 that the term PTSD was formally recognized. In 1987‚ a revised edition (DSM III-R) was released with a new diagnostic criteria which made a huge impact for our veterans and their diagnosis (Unknown). In 2007‚ PTSD was at its highest for
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take their own lives. Leaders of the army/military say they are taking every precaution that they can in order to decrease the suicide toll among our veterans. The effects of PTSD of our troops who have seen the worst of the worst have affected them greatly; in worst case scenarios it gets so bad they commit suicide. The Military and The Veteran Affairs (VA) need to start doing more about this and get the rate
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CHEUNG 1 War has been a constant part of human history. It has greatly affected the lives of people around the world. These effects‚ however‚ are extremely detrimental. Soldiers must shoulder extreme stress on the battlefield. Those that cannot mentally overcome these challenges may develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Sadly‚ some resort to suicide to escape their insecurities. Soldiers‚ however‚ are not the only ones affected by wars; family members also experience mental hardships when their
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TDA 3.19: Support disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs. 2. Understand the disabilities and/or special educational needs of children and young people in own care. 2.1. Explain the relationship between disability and special educational needs. 2.2. Explain the nature of the particular disabilities and/or special educational needs of children and young people with whom they work. 2.3. Explain the special provision required by children and young people
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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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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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