Galileo affair

Fear, screams, and nightmares are what haunt military members after war. It’s called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Eight percent of Americans have it, which results in twenty-four and a half million people. The Warriors is a play about PTSD by William P. Bradford and was performed at Trinity high school. The production was a reflection on PTSD combined with a plot line to make an interesting twist on a play. Coupled with the controversial topic is a spectacular set, amazing actors, and…

I would like to talk to you about the homeless problem in our country. I have noticed that many homeless people are veterans who have been neglected by our government and our every day people. It saddens me to see this and I would like to change it.I think we should cut funding for certain things programs that are not as useful, like the National Endowment for the Arts, for instance. Statistics show that there are 564,708 homeless people in america. Of that number, 67,354 are veterans.…

to help figure out what skills they possess and off them career advice for specific career issues. TAP also offers many workshops including the Department of Veterans Affairs benefits briefing which covers a veteran’s ability for health care, VA counseling, VA home loan programs, and other VA…

In the article by Karen McVeigh entitled “US Military Veterans Face Inadequate Care after Returning from War”, the author talks about the difficulties that many veterans face on their way home. McVeigh goes on to talk about how the US Department of Defense has not been the best at giving the veterans the needs that they deserve. They have been found to being slow when it comes to that aspect of things. Throughout the article, the author talks about how more things need to be done in order to…

Jace Homberg 6 Panizzi 10/12/17 Thanatophobia: what comes next in life Walking home at night from a party with a friend and we decided to take the shortcut through the shady alley way, when a mugger popped out of nowhere. He yelled “give me your money”. But my friend had tried to fight him off and they both had their hands on the gun consequently, it misfired and hit me soon. A black abyss that's impossible to escape from was coming closer and closer it…

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is a disorder that can effect men, women, and children. It can occur after someone goes through or experiences a traumatic event like combat, assault, or disaster (Weathers, Blake, Schnurr, Kaloupek, Marx, & Keane, 2013). Although, in early research this disorder was rooted originally with soldiers who experienced horrific exposure during the war, studies show anyone exposed a trauma, are at risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). According to Whiston…

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder that affects people who have gone through a major traumatic event. At one time, a condition known as "Shell Shock" was common among men and women who had been through battle. This condition was also known as battle fatigue. These individuals experienced flashbacks of battle. There are many ways to help overcome this disorder; I believe that the best way is to get treatment through therapy. Soldiers returning home from war are most likely not…

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was officially recognised as a clinical syndrome in 1980 in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) DSM-III stimulating scientific interest, resulting in a surge of research. Individuals needing treatment were being identified through clinical measures that then guided treatment distribution (Marshall, Spitzer, & Liebowitz, 1999). Two measures developed was the Penn Inventory for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Hammarberg, 1992) and the…

The goal of this paper is to inform readers about issues related to people who have PTSD. Describe PTSD symptoms. From the outside looking in it may appear as though many survivors and brave soldiers who have endured horrific moments and tragedies are unfazed. For instance, the lack of any form of bodily harm or permanent injury is of course something in which someone should taking into consideration from an optimistic point of view. After all, a lost limb for example can undoubtedly represent…

Gilberto recently returned from the war and was not feeling like his normal self. Each night, he has been tormented by nightmares of gunfire and bombs and has not been getting much sleep. He frequently feels guilty and jumps at the smallest unexpected movement. In an effort to reconnect with his friends, Gilberto attended a party hosted by one of them on July 4th. However, things quickly took a turn for the worse when someone let off fireworks and Gilberto had an extreme negative reaction to it.…