BMCC SPEECH 100-1810 Kemi Olukanni Public Speaking Assignment #4 The Persuasive Speech Outline I. Topic: Non-profit organization or charity organization General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the class to give back to our nation’s wounded warriors. Claim of: One out of five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are diagnosed with PTSD‚ veteran’s account for 20 percent of U.S suicide. II. Attention Getter: PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric disorder
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Persuasive Speech Introduction a. Attention Getter : When people ask me why I joined the military I think of all the reason that I did it for‚ but I think Toby Keith sums it up the best : “ ’cause freedom don’t come free.” b. Topic : Freedoms come with a great cost but yet we still do not care for our veterans well enough c. Preview: Today I will tell you how veterans suffer from Post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD and cant get help‚ how veterans are homeless and why they are
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Argue the military needs to provide required treatment and screening for our military veterans. What is PtsdExposure to a traumatic event in which the person Experienced‚ witnessed‚ or was confronted by death or serious injury to self or others and Responded with intense fear‚ helplessness‚ or horror Features Appear in 3 clusters: re-experiencing‚ avoidance/numbing‚ hyperarousalLast for 1 month Cause clinically significant distress or impairment in functioning Re-experiencing Recurrent distressing
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Post English IV 23 October 2013 PTSD; The Battle Wounds You Can’t See “I engaged the enemy in numerous gun battles. I was close to someone that was killed or injured. Fear and death were all around me. The military even had me plan for my own death I was numb inside. When I returned home‚ did you really expect me to pick up from where I left off?” (Combat PTSD) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is one of the most overlooked stressed related diseases of all time. PTSD can affect anyone after an event
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Introduction: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is a mental disorder‚ which can occur after a traumatic event outside the range of normal human experience. Symptoms and manifestation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder vary based on each patient‚ but the most common symptoms include reliving of the event‚ hyper vigilance or alertness‚ insomnia‚ anger and aggression‚ reduced social interaction‚ night terrors and possible flashbacks. There is a vast array of treatments and treatment plans but
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Attention! Thesis: The chronic problem of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is widespread with increasing growth in the armed forces. It alters daily lives of survivors and produces psychobiological impairments. At least 1/3 of individuals who develop PTSD remain symptomatic for three years or longer and are at higher risk of secondary problems.(Gaskell). In order to find possible treatment options for PTSD patients we must first define it and learn the history of when it became known
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5/24/15 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and our Veterans What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? According to the PTSD website‚ PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a life threatening events such as military combat‚ natural disasters‚ terrorist incidents‚ serious accidents‚ or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood. Unfortunately‚ a lot of our military veterans are diagnosed with PTSD. Veterans who have experienced trauma or have witnessed
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Source: Dear PTSD TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Letter of transmittal 2 II. Abstract 3 III. Introduction 4 IV. about ptsd 4-5 a. Re-experiencing 5-7 b. Arousal
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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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1-20-15 Post-Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Post-Traumatic stress disorder can occur in anyone but it all starts when a terrifying event happens and basically scars you for life. I have one cousin who was in the military who has (PTSD) and he said the horrors of war gave him the disorder. Many people who have the disorder do get it from after they leave the military it’s very common and many veterans go to see therapists for physiological help. The causes of (PTSD) are always traumatic events. Places
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