Post Traumatic Stress in Vietnam Veterans For more than twenty years‚ Patricia Dietz‚ a wife of a Vietnam veteran‚ has suffered along with her husband the effects of post traumatic stress disorder. She has stated that‚ "It has changed everything; it has affected the rest of his and her life." Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is when a person‚ in this case a veteran from Vietnam‚ is haunted by his memories of war and death so badly that it affects not only the rest of his life‚ but others
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O’Brien beautifully details the war zone and its aftereffects on specific veterans in The Things They Carried. Some war veterans leave their respective battle with war stories and life lessons to tell‚ but others leave empty-handed with an empty soul. Despite remedies recently implanted for veterans‚ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) continues to negatively impact not only certain veterans but also society. To begin with‚ veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD have difficulty adjusting to the civilian
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Paper Abstract What are the affects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when not treated? There is a known battle among our nation’s combat veterans and this battle comes from within us and this silent battle is called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This disorder can be dated back to Vietnam now that they have an actual name for it. There are some combat veterans that believe that they do not have a problem and do not need any help. I have many combat vet friends that have failed to ask for the proper
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To the public’s eye‚ veterans returning home must be overwhelmed with joy to be out of danger and put back into the world they once knew. But are they? Veterans returning home from combat experience are faced with the difficult task of coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its side effects‚ because of their experiences in combat. In Lousie Erdrich’s‚ “The Red Convertible” and Wilfred Owen’s‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est” we can see how and why a returning veteran‚ such as Henry‚ would
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Navy Sniper‚ Chris Kyle(Kyle 285). Chris Kyle is notorious for being a tenacious‚ heroic‚ and affectionate man due to the many actions he carried out for the United States of America. Chris Kyle was born on April 8‚ 1974 in Odessa‚ Texas. He grew up on a ranch where he spent most of his time outdoors. As a graduate‚ Chris studied at Tarleton State University. He tended ranches‚ for a short time‚ until he sought his real dream of joining the army in 1999. There are many reasons Chris
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Finding the Calm After the Storm in The Sun Also Rises The veterans of World War I are referred to as the “Lost Generation.” The young men and women who serve during this time become adrift from their previous morals and values. Marriage‚ love‚ and loss are different for them. Desensitized‚ with many suffering posttraumatic stress disorder‚ the men and women are expected to return and continue their life before the war. However‚ as Ernest Hemingway and his novel The Sun Also Rises proves‚ this
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(Staff‚ 2011) This actually makes a lot of sense because the body’s response to stress is to increase heart rate‚ which increases your blood pressure‚ which can increase blood flow and causing your heart to work much harder than it would in a relaxed state. PTSD has been associated with coronary heart disease and thromboembolic stroke and people with PTSD are more likely to have hypertension‚ hyperlipidemia‚ obesity and cardiovascular disease. The risks for PTSD patients should be noted because coronary
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder side effects may take years to show up‚ they are debilitating to the victims everyday life. A soldier with PTSD may experience emotional outburst‚ find it hard to communicate with others. Panic attacks‚ sleeping disorder‚ and flashbacks are a few of the major side effects. The soldier often will feel guilty which makes it difficult for them to adjust back into civilian life. Not knowing how to reunite with friends and family often lead to sever depression and suicide
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neck pain. This pain is believed to be a psychological outcome of PTSD rather than physical effect of it. Dunn‚ Passmore‚ Burke‚ and Chiconie (2009) were interested in seeing the effect of chiropractic care on the lower back or neck pain in veterans. 354 veterans were the participants for the study‚ and roughly 56 (16%) of the participants had a diagnosis of PTSD. During 2006 the participants underwent chiropractic
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better recovery with a strong support system (Gabert-Quillen‚ et al.‚ (2012). The American Psychological Association (APA‚ 2012) defines this as an anxiety disorder that occurs after experiencing a traumatic event. There are studies that focus on veterans but there is a need for work to be done for active duty personnel who are suffering from PTSD through multiple exposures to war. With the stigma the military feels when seeking treatment for this makes it a question in how to integrate treatment
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