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    PTSD In Veterans

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    A study found that for PTSD: “Among male and female soldiers rates range from 9% shortly after returning from deployment to 31% a year after deployment”(Irribarren 2) Veterans with PTSD recall traumatic events through nightmares and flashbacks. They slowly fade away from society and this is often followed by disorders caused by distress such as depression‚ substance abuse and problems with memory. PTSD eventually leads to problems with daily social and family life. This is usually followed unstable

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    Homeless Veterans

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    Running Head: HOMELESS VETERANS HOMELESS VETS Homeless Veterans How do Veterans become homeless? Our Veterans‚ the ones who serve in the United States Military‚ have fought for our country and others. They have served us well by leaving their families behind and venturing off into unknown lands like Iraq and Afghanistan to make us proud of them. We call them Heroes until they return home. Our Heroes return safely home from death and destruction only to be made aware that they are

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    Homelessness and Veterans

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    United States) Veterans in America are much more likely to go on the streets rather than someone that has never participated in the military (Homelessness in America). About one in four homeless people are veterans but there are only 11% of the US nation former veterans. (Veterans make up 1 in 4 homeless). When veterans come home from war they get all kind of benefits‚ e.g. loans‚ free health care and further education. Homeless veterans are much better educated than non veteran homeless people

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    Readjustment In Veterans

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    When we think of veterans returning home from either from a tour in a combat zone or from completing their service to our nation. Veterans today are facing numerous problems such as: Readjustment‚ PTSD‚ Unemployment and homelessness. These are just a few of the many issues that they are facing when returning home. As a veteran I can say one of the biggest issues we have faced was that of readjustment to a civilian lifestyle from a military lifestyle. Service members are used to order and the feeling

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    Veterans Benefits

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    Veteran’s benefits Topic: Improving veterans benefit system Purpose: To change the time it takes for a veteran to receive their benefits. Thesis: To persuade congress to change how and when benefits are established. Do you know someone who receives Veterans Benefits? Do you know how long for them to get their benefits or if they received them at all? Contemplate that and reach out to your family member or friend that is a veteran and see what kind of answers you get. Good morning Classmates‚ Staff

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    Veterans and Ptsd

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    Veterans and PTSD Toni L. Enemy Hunter Psychiatric Rehabilitation/REHA 425 Professor McDermott October 29‚ 2011 Abstract The United States is seeing an increasing number of Veterans coming back from Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) being diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is affecting the lives of men and women‚ their family and those closest to them. The goal of this paper is to give some general information for women and their families

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    Disorder In Veterans

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    to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan‚ many service members return home with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or polytrauma. TBI occurs when a sudden trauma or head injury disrupts the function of the brain and may happen from a blow or jolt to the head or an object penetrating the brain (Military‚ 2016). TBI is also known as the “signature injury’ caused by war. Other than brain injury‚ veterans also suffer from polytrauma. Futhermore‚ the U.S. Department

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    Veterans Transition

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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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    Who is a Veteran?

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    Veteran‚ a small word…with an enormous meaning. The definition of words may be altered based upon personal perspectives. Prior to entering the course of “The Literature of The Returning Soldier” my definition of a veteran was simply someone who fought for our county‚ I now have expanded my ideas on the definition of what a veteran truly is. In my personal opinion‚ a veteran can be a man or women‚ they are selfless individuals who often give up their personal lives to enter a future of uncertainties

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    Military Veterans

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    United States Military Veterans University of Central Florida PAD 3003 7/20/2014 Abstract In the United States‚ homelessness among veterans is a massive epidemic that the government is currently battling. Returning from military service to no home‚ is a situation no one should bare. The VA has vowed to end veteran homelessness by the year 2015. To combat this issue‚ the government instated the Open Doors program in 2009. As of 2013 there were roughly 57‚486 veterans without a home. Since

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