Infernal Affairs

Trauma researchers have looked inside the brains of people who have suffered serious emotional trauma. The first scan was while they remembered neutral events in their lives. The second scan was taken as they were exposed to scripted versions of their traumatic memories. During the scanning, the images actually showed dissociation happen in the brains of these PTSD patients. When they remembered a traumatic event, the left frontal cortex shut down, particularly Broca's area (the center for…

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, is a trauma and stress related disorder according to DSM-IV. Although pathogenesis is unknown; exposure of a traumatic or stressful event is a characteristic diagnostic criterion and can include, but are not limited to: military combat, sexual assault, natural disasters, manmade disasters, and automobile accidents. Individuals with PTSD exhibit more prominent clinical symptoms in addition to anxiety/fear indications. Individuals with increased risk…

Gulf war Syndrome is a very uncommon disease. this condition is also called chronic multi-symptom illness. It refers to the presents of several undiagnosed illnesses in veterans. It is a medical condition that effected many veterans in the war of 1991. It affected from a quarter to a third of the soldiers. Gulf war syndrome causes people to have joint pain, tiredness, indigestion, sleep problems, memory difficulties, chronic headaches, and skin and respiratory disorders. Its organ is…

In the United States there has been a push to provide justice for crimes in a manner in which rehabilitation is a major focus. Because of this there has been a rapid number of specialty courts popping up throughout the nation. Specialty courts are specialized court sessions which target individuals with underlying medical, mental health, substance use and other issues that contribute to these individuals coming before the court with greater frequency. Specialty court sessions promote improved…

The United States is an international representation of power and wealth; it is known to have the largest GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in the world as well as the strongest military. However, many soldiers are coming home to fight another battle. Homelessness has always been a way of life in the United States, but only in recent years has the issue become a more widespread and noticeable phenomenon. Around the same time, homeless veteran began to grab the attention of the public. According to…

There may never be a more important survival sense for a soldier than hearing. In a war zone, hearing allows a war fighter to be aware of the enemy miles away before any direct contact happens. However, more often than not, it’s the sense of hearing that gets damaged first. Truth to tell, large numbers of returning servicemen get back to society largely impaired—unable to engage in a normal everyday conversation, much less follow through military instructions. Hearing Loss Anybody who says…

PTSD is a condition that is caused by traumatic events and affects 5.2 million people in the United States during the course of a given year("What Is PTSD?"). In some extreme cases PTSD can prevent people from having a normal life or can even be life threatening. PTSD is a condition that has many terrible symptoms, gives modern therapists many problems, and has plagued soldiers for many years. There are three different types of symptoms one can experience when having PTSD. The first type of…

In a post-9/11 world, the presence of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is being more prevalent within our society. To understand how PTSD affects veterans today, we must gain a thorough understanding as to what PPS is and how it affects the brain. PTSD is a major psychological condition that affects an individual who has experienced a horrific event. Some events can include witnessing the death of a significant other, seeing gore and other graphically horrific images etc.…

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from a psychological view, it has to do a lot with the way family work and it conflict adjustment of a service member and their family pre and post deployment. Some of the studies on PTSD shows that the range of depression is about 10% to 20% following a deployment (Warner 2009). PTSD is a severe anxiety reaction to a traumatic event, such as rape or experiencing combat in war, in which individuals repeatedly relive the event,…

Veteran: a person who has served in the military. That’s the definition that Google gives you when you type it in, but to me a veteran is more than that. I come from a military family. Words like loyalty and respect are commonly used in my home especially when it comes to describing my father and my grandfather, both veterans who have given up their time to serve this nation. Due to my father serving overseas, I know how it feels to wake up in the morning, walk down the hall, and expect to see a…