Psychological Disorders: A Case Study

Veterans that struggle with PTSD are more susceptible to suicidal ideation than other veterans. In 2013 it was observed by researchers that 44 of the 215 subjects (20.5%) were seen to have suicidal ideations and additionally, it was found in 31.8% of the veterans diagnosed with PTSD and comorbid major depressive disorder that there was a high suicide risk. It has been shown that those people with more social support are less likely to be affected by traumatization. Age and educational level have also been shown to be more positively correlated to the model of verbal aggression. The older the person and the higher their educational levels lead to a more mature form of aggression, verbal aggression, instead of physical violence. I hope to assess with this paper the comorbidity of suicide risk with veterans diagnosed with PTSD, and additionally asses the relationship between social and familial support and suicide risk.
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In 2013 researchers, Doctors Ramadan and …show more content…
To assess for the manifestation of lifetime and current psychological disorders they did multiple tests according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fourth Revision. These tests consisted of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, Beck's Depression Inventory and Beck's Suicide Intent Scale (H. Halimi, 2013; R. Halimi, 2013). In their testing they randomly selected 215 Kosovo veterans to be assessed for PTSD. They found that all subjects in the study were males with an average age of 42.9 years. Additionally, among them, 85.6% were married, 42.8% were unemployed, 13% were temporarily employed, 63.75% were dissatisfied with life achievements, 79.5% were dissatisfied with their financial situation and 52.6% were dissatisfied with living conditions (H. Halimi, 2013; R. Halimi, 2013). They found through their research and interviews