One of the most vulnerable groups to post-traumatic stress disorder are ground troops. The majority of ground troops are made of Army personnel and Marines. This is because they often see the worst aspects of any conflict. The Iraq war, also known as Operation Iraqi Freedom was one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history. During the course of this conflict, 4,411 American Soldiers lost their lives, including 3,233 Army personnel and 1,023 Marines (Defense Casualty Analysis System, 2017). The Afghanistan War, Operation Enduring Freedom, also saw a high loss of life with 2,346 including 1,661 Army personnel, and 458 Marine’s dying. With at least 6,757 soldiers dead and 52,046 injured while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is easy to see
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In the 1960’s, Aaron Beck was conducting research experiments attempting to confirm psychoanalytic concepts of depression. However, during his research, he discovered that the results he was receiving, was opposite of what was expected (Beck: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, n.d.). As a result of his finding, Beck sought to discover other options for understand and treat depression. While researching depressed clients, he discovered that negative thoughts seemed to impromptu in nature, which he referred to as “automatic thoughts” (Beck: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, n.d.). From his discovery of automatic thoughts, he began to assist clients in identifying and understanding these thought patterns. This was the creation of cognitive behavioral therapy. Since its development, CBT has been used to treat many different disorders, including …show more content…
During World War I it was known as shell shock, in World War II it was known as both Combat Stress Reaction and battle fatigue, and was finally recognized as post-traumatic stress disorder in the DSM-III in 1980 (Friedman, 2015). One contributing factor in PTSD finally being recognized as a disease was the end of the Vietnam War. The number of people effected with symptoms now known as PTSD, was too great to be considered simple battle fatigue. The aftermath of the Vietnam War, lead to many advancements in both understanding and treating PTSD by examining returning soldiers (Friedman,
In the 1960’s, Aaron Beck was conducting research experiments attempting to confirm psychoanalytic concepts of depression. However, during his research, he discovered that the results he was receiving, was opposite of what was expected (Beck: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, n.d.). As a result of his finding, Beck sought to discover other options for understand and treat depression. While researching depressed clients, he discovered that negative thoughts seemed to impromptu in nature, which he referred to as “automatic thoughts” (Beck: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, n.d.). From his discovery of automatic thoughts, he began to assist clients in identifying and understanding these thought patterns. This was the creation of cognitive behavioral therapy. Since its development, CBT has been used to treat many different disorders, including …show more content…
During World War I it was known as shell shock, in World War II it was known as both Combat Stress Reaction and battle fatigue, and was finally recognized as post-traumatic stress disorder in the DSM-III in 1980 (Friedman, 2015). One contributing factor in PTSD finally being recognized as a disease was the end of the Vietnam War. The number of people effected with symptoms now known as PTSD, was too great to be considered simple battle fatigue. The aftermath of the Vietnam War, lead to many advancements in both understanding and treating PTSD by examining returning soldiers (Friedman,