Wounded Veterans English 101 Effective Essay Writing October 7‚ 2012 Shawna Rand Wounded Veterans As of December 2009‚ over 3.3 million American troops have been sent overseas into Iraq and Afghanistan alone; 793‚000 of them have been deployed more than once. (Tan‚ 2009) Sadly‚ not all of our troops return home alive and many that do face many challenges ahead. Physical wounds surly do not go unnoticed. They are fairly common in war time situations and are even shown in war movies. They show
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Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Rosenthal). PTSD is defined as re-experiencing‚ avoidance‚ and arousal‚ due to a traumatic event. The symptoms are either long lasting or have a delayed onset (Oltmanns & Emery‚ 2012). A traumatic event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury to self or others‚ can create intense feelings of fear‚ helplessness‚ or horror (Oltmanns & Emery‚ 2012). This traumatic event then can lead to a serious anxiety disorder such as PTSD. Examples range from witnessing
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Definition: “Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks‚ nightmares and severe anxiety‚ as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.” By Mayo Clinic Staff PTSD symptoms: are generally grouped into four types: intrusive memories‚ avoidance‚ negative changes in thinking and mood‚ or changes in emotional reactions. Causes: -Inherited mental health risks
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Veteran Transition from War to Home 05/01/2014 ENG 391 Since the terror attacks of 9-11‚ approximately 2.6 million men and women have voluntarily served in our nation’s Armed Forces. As these service members compete their time in uniform and attempt to re-enter civil society and find gainful employment‚ too many are not succeeding. A Pew Research Center study in December‚ 2011 indicates that post 9-11 period veterans are reporting more difficulties in returning to civilian life
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The Homeless Walking down the street we see many civilians a day living their own individual lives‚ but we never think what they could be going through or what situation they are in. We stereotype their status by what clothes they wear and how they put themselves together. We see the people who don ’t value money like they should because it comes so easy for them‚ and we see the people who struggle to get a meal each day. The people who we see that struggle for that meal‚ struggle to think about
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PTSD was not introduced as a psychiatric disorder until 1980 with the earliest cases of these were of veterans coming back blind after suffering emotional state of shock from experiencing the death of a fellow soldier right in front of their eyes (Frey‚ "Military mental health"). Dating as far back as the civil war when they first started to notice PTSD‚ the doctors would come up with new theories and ideas of how people got PTSD. They would mostly focus on two ideas
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Chisen Goto‚ 2006 11 Abstract This study identified duty-related stressors and examined the frequency of stressors‚ prevalence of Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and PTSD symptoms in male and female members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Differences based on years of service‚ gender‚ symptoms and prevalence of PTSD as well as coping and social support were explored. The study was conducted via self-administered survey of 92 police officers (73 males and 19 females). Of the 92
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The Houston Disabled American Veterans service organization is a dedicated force in conjunction with other service organizations‚ Department of Veterans Affairs‚ Department of Housing and Urban Development‚ and City of Houston‚ to eliminate homelessness among military veterans that have served this country. The plight of the homeless veteran has continued to increase in the Houston/Harris County to a staggering 2‚800 veterans walking the streets with no way to find the compassionate caring help necessary
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PTSD in Children Imagine not having control of your emotions‚ at times feeling like you’re under attack. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents occurs as a result of a child’s exposure to 1 or more major traumatic events‚ whether from an objective event like a car crash or sports injury to trauma involving loved ones‚ such as domestic violence‚ abuse‚ or neglect. These factors and many other can lead to acting out in young children. According to U.S. Department of Health
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I believe Holden Caulfield suffers a severe case of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Post traumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition‚ triggered by bearing witness or experiencing‚ a dreadful event. Symptoms may include severe anxiety‚ flashbacks‚ nightmares and a changed personality. I believe Holden suffered from all from all of these symptoms at some point in the novel. Cases such as the death of his brother‚ Allie‚ seeing James Castles’s dead body and the
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