stress-related and somatoform disorders

Restrepo Restrepo depicts the experiences of the soldiers in Second Platoon, B Company, 2nd Batallion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in the Korengal Valley. The film shows the first-hand accounts of the men who endured one of the most dangerous places in the U.S. Military. The platoon begins their operations out of Combat Outpost Korengal. Captain Dan Kearney wants to expand the forces’ influence within the area in order to affect more of the local populace. One…

During this time, Men were the ones who would enlist in the war. All the men in the family would go out and enlist themselves into the war to help defend what they thought was correct. With that being said, the women were to remain at home with the children. Although women were to stay home doing the average duties as a house wife some wanted to be with their beloved husband. As a solution women would join the battlefield grounds as nurses. These nurses who were also wives to soldiers had the…

I have chosen to take my starting point in text 3. Text 3 is called: “The making of a Marine Officer” and is mostly about Lieutenant Nathaniel Fick and his great adventures. Nathaniel Fick advises men that are tired of this soft world, to give the Marines a chance. You will join the Marines as a boy, and you will return as a man. When most people talk or think about signing up for the army, a lot of them have the same reasons: serving their country. They want to achieve honor through missions…

believed that by vets it meant veterinarians what it actually means is veterans. According to this article, there are organizations that train dogs to be companions for our veterans who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder. According to an article in the newspaper, Blade, PTSD is a disorder caused by traumatic experiences such as war, abuse, accidents, and natural disasters. PTSD can be presented with flashbacks, anxiety, anger issues, and sleeping problems. Service dogs are trained to assist…

getting it under control, through medication and therapy, like there are today. Even though there have been many suicidal attempts and deaths of ex-servicemen, it cannot be said that there is a causal relationship between combat related PTSD and suicide. Mental disorders, including PTSD, allow for 71% - 99% of suicides and are the most significant factor to suicidal thoughts and actions (Krysinska & Lester, 2010). The lack of a causal relationship does not mean…

In 1776, Continental Congress would provide pensions during the Revolutionary War to soldiers who were disabled. Veterans were also given the option of a domiciliary home to have in home care, this also included incidental medical and hospital treatment for the injuries or diseases they may have. In 1917, the United States went into World War I, this became “the first mechanized war, and as a result, soldiers who were exposed to mustard gas, other chemicals and fumes required specialized care…

Healing Heroes Healing Heroes is an American nonprofit organization that provides a great variety of treatment and therapies to those soldiers and military personnel who were injured on duty in Iraq or Afghanistan since September 2001. This organization helps the military personnel avoid a delayed and desperate wait for medical attention. Communication, education and community outreach are the key elements of Healing Heroes that allow it to bring awareness about the untreated injuries and need…

Concerns about veterans’ health Veterans potentially have psychological damages that are barely noticed by people in general, but it is indeed making those service people suffer. According to USDVA(United States Department of Veterans Affair), several factors affect veterans while they are serving, seriously from physically to mentally, terminologically called “stressors”, which Eli Saslow (2011) describes in how Doug’s wife Krissy, after reading the article about PTSD, is worried about her…

effect of harm the child has experienced rather than the behaviour of the abuser. The harm inflicted on a child could result in any of the following and others; depression, low self esteem, anxiety, self-harming behaviour, posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic stress. “This approach is typically adopted by healthcare, counseling and mental health services to treat the effects of the abuse on the victim's feelings, brain development and cognitive functioning. The behaviour-based approach…

One of the most vulnerable groups to post-traumatic stress disorder are ground troops. The majority of ground troops are made of Army personnel and Marines. This is because they often see the worst aspects of any conflict. The Iraq war, also known as Operation Iraqi Freedom was one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history. During the course of this conflict, 4,411 American Soldiers lost their lives, including 3,233 Army personnel and 1,023 Marines (Defense Casualty Analysis System, 2017).…