Infernal Affairs

With so much wrong in America today, I believe that it can only get better. Because many veterans struggle when they return from war, they will be provided with a variety of programs to help them deal with life after war. Shootings and other gun accidents will go down immensely, especially school shootings. People will not be living on the streets and go to bed hungry. Cars will be made cheaper and more efficient. I foresee changes like these in America’s future. When soldiers come back to…

Being in the army can be very life changing. A lot is going on and some of those things can really affect how a person can think or react to different situations. A normal person can be in a situation where danger is coming their way and feel scared, which is what people usually do, but with post-traumatic stress disorder it is as if you feel danger when a person who doesn’t have this disorder wouldn’t feel danger. For example, if a person with ptsd or post-traumatic stress disorder was to hear…

The next week, I was so eager to learn something new. The psychiatrist announced that it was the military week. This implies that he would spend long hours interacting with them because they were new clients. He needed to get good and solid information about every one of them. Most of the clients who worked in the military or who fought in the military, suffered from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD). The professor in the abnormal psychology textbook, noted that the diagnostic criteria for…

veterans may be part of the solution to ending homelessness in the United States. Being a large group, veterans take away resources from others which are homeless, who do not have the same support systems in place, through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA has been charged with assisting our nation’s veterans; however…

Through the years when veterans return home they are either treated as heros or outcasts. These men and women often have trouble finding jobs and some even need some form of treatment. With the lack of veteran programs most of these people do not get the proper aid they need when they return. A large number of them have trouble finding jobs to pay for the medical attention they desperately need. Veterans are discriminated against by the lack of programs to support them. Currently there are very…

Mental Illness Mental illnesses are a significant result of war. War veterans are exposed to dangerous environments which, in return, increase the likelihood of of the soldiers experiencing mental illnesses. These mental illnesses may affect the soldier's day to day life due to the symptoms of the mental illness they are suffering with. One mental illness that resulted from war was the Gulf war syndrome. This syndrome affected both British and U.S. soldiers who fought in the Persian gulf…

The navigators withal ascertain the homeless vets get to their appointments by reminding phone calls and conveyance. Local officials and advocates set a goal of housing 222 veterans who fit the federal definition of chronic homelessness. So far, 187 vets are perpetually housed in dormitory complexes across the Valley. The rest are in transitional housing awaiting federal housing vouchers. (Lee, Prosperity in housing for homeless veterans in Phoenix touted, 2014) Finally, an often overlooked…

Jocelyn: What is the Veterans Center Initiative Grant Program? The Veterans Center Initiative Grant program is a collaborative partnership between Student Veterans of America and the Home Depot Foundation. Together, they donate money through grants to create welcoming and furnished spaces in colleges for student veterans. They provide financial support for furniture, technology and even moving into larger areas with more room. The Veterans Center Initiative Grant program has built or improved…

Veterans play an important role in society today and the history of not only America as a whole, but the people who live in it. They have earned us our freedom and our rights, and even continue to help even after leaving the battlefield, whether by actively playing a role in their community or going on living the lives they earned for America. Having no veterans would signify no victorious battles or even fights to begin with. The veterans that America celebrates show that America stood and…

Annotated Bibliography Silver, S. M., Brooks, A., & Obenchain, J. (2014). Treatment of Vietnam War veterans with PTSD: A comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, biofeedback, and relaxation training. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8, 337-341. This article presents a study of Vietnam Soldiers receiving inpatient treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. The author points out the lack of EMDR, biofeedback, and relaxation training after criticism was elaborated on. The…