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Jack Gunderson English 121 Formal Slaughter House Five Paper Distress Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ is an affliction from which many war veterans suffer while trying to maintain their normal daily lives. Although anyone can get post-traumatic stress disorder‚ it is most common among war veterans because of the extremely distressing and gruesome events that they endure while serving active duty in wartime. In the novel Slaughterhouse Five‚ the author‚ Kurt Vonnegut‚ depicts
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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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Dictionary. Washington D.C.: NASW Press. Cooper‚ M. & Lesser J. (2005). Clinical Social Work Practice: An Integrated Approach‚ Boston: Pearson Education Creamer‚ M.‚ & Forbes‚ D. (2004). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in military and veteran populations Kaplan‚ Arline. (Jan 1‚ 2006). Hidden Combat Wounds: Extensive‚ Deadly‚ Costly Lincoln‚ T.M.; Wilhelm‚ K.; Nestoriuc‚ Y. (2007). Effectiveness of Psychoeducation for Relapse‚ Symptoms‚ Knowledge‚ Adherence and Functioning in Psychotic
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Veterans face traumatic events out on the battlefield that changes their lives forever. As they fight through war‚ it becomes a lifestyle that they are used to and can not get out of. People do not appreciate the amount of time veterans give to fight our country. Coming home from the war veterans most times feel like they are still fighting a war. When coming back from the war most people mistreat the veterans that just fought for our country. In the poem‚ Odysseus by Homer‚ after winning the war
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themselves 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
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events of war and conflict on a television do not translate it into a reality. The fact that it’s on a screen makes it seem like it’s something that only happens in far distant places. For a veteran to be able to witness firsthand what most people only see on television makes it real for them. For a veteran who comes home after
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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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sustainability‚ and treatment are far from being complete. Not only do diagnostic and treatment paradigms need to be made available to those veterans who suffer from PTSD‚ but a support system must be identified and structured to as well. Family and friends have to learn that they must be proactive in their understanding and support of the military veteran who have been diagnosed with PTSD disorder. Notwithstanding the fact that people who have been in military combat and suffer from PTSD‚ there
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masters of Science in nursing (MSN) student and the instructor was approved for the goal to perform in the role of a nurse educator at the Domiciliary Rehabilitation Program at the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). The population of the Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Program is veterans with multiple and severe medical conditions‚ mental illness‚ addiction‚ or psychosocial deficits. Military-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can negatively affect the veteran’s well-being
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