Late-onset stress symptomatology (LOSS) is something that has started to be seen in aging combat veterans. Veterans that are being observed are veterans that have been in stressful combat events early in live, functioned with no disorders, and have recently had thoughts, feelings and memories about their lives as soldiers. This research article used 47 World War II,
Korean Conflict, and Vietnam War veterans (Davison, 2006). With our a lot of out older population have served in the war knowing more about LOSS and knowing how to work with these people is important.
Introduction
This study’s purpose was to gain information on combat exposure in early life to how it affects a person as they age. As the veterans are getting older more are starting …show more content…
Many veterans have had stressful war experiences and everyone deals with their problems differently. Some veterans have post war stress right after their experience, while others may have problems later in life. PTSD is something veterans may have after they were in a stressful situation that may have left the person in fear for their life or horror.
People with this disorder can have memories of the situation, sleeping problems, and they may try anything to stay away from things that remind them of that experience. Some soldiers come back from war and are able to live a normal life. Their mental health issues may not be an issue until later in life.
In Erikson’s last stage Ego Integrity versus Despair, he talks about how older adults look back on their lives. If a veteran looks back on his life and keeps replaying the stressful situation
ARTICLE SUMMARY 2 that he was put into that can really wear someone down. Also, feeling helpless can trigger that
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memory and how you were helpless in that particular situation (Davison, 2006).
Method
In this article, to gather information they used focus groups. Each group had …show more content…
Also, 94% of them were retired. The focus groups were held before 9/11 and before the war in Afghanistan and Iraq (Davison, 2006).
Before they started the questions, the focus group went around and introduced them. The moderator then asked them questions on different topics. He/she would ask open-ended questions to get the conversation going. The sessions ended with the moderator having the group focus on how these experiences helped/hurt them in this stage of life.
Results and Discussion
In the beginning of this paper we mentioned people not having problems until later in life and according to this article they think that the evidence is there that people do not have problems until later in life. Also, veterans in each focus group had increased thoughts of war as they aged. Some of there thoughts were not troublesome, but for the most part they were bothering the veterans (Davison, 2006).
Conclusions
The study was considered a success, to see if the research was able to provide information on the phenomenon of LOSS. Having focus groups with combat veterans that
ARTICLE SUMMARY 2 served in World War II, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam War. In the beginning we talked about
Korean Conflict, and Vietnam War veterans (Davison, 2006). With our a lot of out older population have served in the war knowing more about LOSS and knowing how to work with these people is important.
Introduction
This study’s purpose was to gain information on combat exposure in early life to how it affects a person as they age. As the veterans are getting older more are starting …show more content…
Many veterans have had stressful war experiences and everyone deals with their problems differently. Some veterans have post war stress right after their experience, while others may have problems later in life. PTSD is something veterans may have after they were in a stressful situation that may have left the person in fear for their life or horror.
People with this disorder can have memories of the situation, sleeping problems, and they may try anything to stay away from things that remind them of that experience. Some soldiers come back from war and are able to live a normal life. Their mental health issues may not be an issue until later in life.
In Erikson’s last stage Ego Integrity versus Despair, he talks about how older adults look back on their lives. If a veteran looks back on his life and keeps replaying the stressful situation
ARTICLE SUMMARY 2 that he was put into that can really wear someone down. Also, feeling helpless can trigger that
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memory and how you were helpless in that particular situation (Davison, 2006).
Method
In this article, to gather information they used focus groups. Each group had …show more content…
Also, 94% of them were retired. The focus groups were held before 9/11 and before the war in Afghanistan and Iraq (Davison, 2006).
Before they started the questions, the focus group went around and introduced them. The moderator then asked them questions on different topics. He/she would ask open-ended questions to get the conversation going. The sessions ended with the moderator having the group focus on how these experiences helped/hurt them in this stage of life.
Results and Discussion
In the beginning of this paper we mentioned people not having problems until later in life and according to this article they think that the evidence is there that people do not have problems until later in life. Also, veterans in each focus group had increased thoughts of war as they aged. Some of there thoughts were not troublesome, but for the most part they were bothering the veterans (Davison, 2006).
Conclusions
The study was considered a success, to see if the research was able to provide information on the phenomenon of LOSS. Having focus groups with combat veterans that
ARTICLE SUMMARY 2 served in World War II, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam War. In the beginning we talked about