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There are serious problems with the Department of Veterans Affairs that need to change to give adequate benefits to those that need the Department’s services. There have been many articles telling of the hardships that veterans have had to go through to get the benefits that they deserve for fighting and getting injured in their service to the United States Armed Forces. Common sense seems to dictate that the government would take care of the veterans that served their country, and yet it seems…

Treatment for PTSD Military personnel during their deployment are at a higher risk to experience or witness a traumatic event while serving their country. A traumatic event can be a result from many different situations, such as combat exposure, or sexual/physical assault. Upon returning home from deployment the traumatic event may impact the military personnel’s life. This depends on their initial reaction to the event. The traumatic stressor can develop into Posttraumatic Stress Disorder…

Military deployment may adversely affect not only returning veterans, but their families, as well. As a result, researchers have increasingly focused on identifying risk and protective factors for successful family adaptation to war-zone deployment, re-integration of the returning veteran, and the longer-term psychosocial consequences of deployment experienced by some veterans and families. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among returning veterans may pose particular challenges to military…

Veterans are a group of people that write a blank check totaling their life to the government. They fight to defend our country and every American citizen. Then when their service is done they come home to be unnerved and underappreciated. Veterans are: mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, husbands, wives, and friends. The main thing we should do is make them known to others, so they know that we are there for them and let them know their service is more than appreciated, and we…

Combat trauma is something that has haunted my family since my brother and two of my uncles, tours in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. My uncles only served once due to both sustaining back injuries due to roadside bombings in the Iraq war. My brother served in both wars and it seemed as if he was deploying every other year until 2012. It was most understandable because he is Army Special Forces but he was leaving behind his wife, children, sisters and mother. My first experience with the effects…

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…

Report on Matthew J. Friedman’s Posttraumatic and Acute Stress Disorder Heather L. Rutherford Liberty University Matthew J. Friedman’s Posttraumatic and Acute Stress Disorder Chapter 1: Overview of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Chapter 3: Global Treatment Issues for PTSD Chapter 4: Psychological Treatments for PTSD Chapter 5: Pharmacological Treatments for PTSD Chapter 6: Strategies for Acute Stress Reactions and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) Summary In chapter 1 the author (Friedman, 2015)…

of Veteran's Affairs, 2017). However, these exams don’t necessarily reflect the amount of agent orange related compensation claims there have been. These exams are purely informational, and do not imply a compensation claim. During a typical agent orange registry exam, a veteran would receive a health exam, a physical exam, and possibly laboratory tests. The doctor will go over exposure and medical history in relation to the veteran’s medical conditions (Department of Veteran's Affairs, 2017).…

People in the military go through some traumatising situations during their service. They see some bad events and are put in some bad positions. From experiencing these traumatic things it is understandable that veterans may suffer from mental illnesses like, PTSD, depression, anxiety and physical disabilities as an effect of the war. One of the most common and worse mental illnesses veterans suffer from is post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a disorder characterized by failure to…

PTSD has affected millions of people for years now. About 8 million adults suffer with PTSD during a given year (PTSD: National Center for PTSD). Not only does the individual have to live with it, but so do those who love them. In the short story “The Red Convertible” written by Louise Erdrich, two brothers are living through the time of the Vietnam War, and their struggle with PTSD. The emotional rollercoaster Erdrich takes us on, through the time before Henry leaves, to the time he comes back,…