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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, avoid stimuli associated with the trauma, and experience symptoms such as difficulty sleeping and irritability (ADAM, 2011). A soldier can come home with PTSD and not even know it and might not think anything is till something triggers. And this could…

of sharing stories was demonstrated when Tim O’Brien was able to transition from war life to real life with free of stress. Tim O’Brien was in the Viet Nam war, and has carried a tremendous amount of memories and trauma with him from…

towards the acceptance of social support and emotional expression (Drewitz-Chesney, 2012). Creating a supportive environment begins by focusing on the broad socioenvironmental cultural challenges of the organization and initiating change from within the trauma membrane (Drewitz-Chesney, 2012). Occupational health nurses can encourage employers to pay attention to the needs of paramedics and promote health in the workplace by facilitating “. . . living and working conditions that are safe,…

This dramatic increase in veterans suffering from PTSD is extremely alarming because of how dangerous PTSD can be. Often times, physical and mental health are seen as separate and mutually exclusive domains, when quite convincingly, studies show that the two have a more complex and involved relationship than that. Often times, poor mental health can lead to poor physical health. In relation to PTSD, numerous studies show that suffering veterans often experience not only mental issues such as…

(AGG) An airstrike is launched in Afghanistan, destroying a town full of innocent civilians, and leaving it in ash and rubble. (BS-1) These people have their homes destroyed instantly, just like how Najmah’s was after the bombing of her village. (BS-2) Their family members are taken from this world without a moment’s notice, Najmah losing Habib and Mada-jan within less than a minute. (BS-3) These innocent people become permanently traumatized from what they are enduring, or have endured,…

the injured leg, apply ice to reduce the pain, bandage the knee properly, avoid alcohol to prevent excess bleeding, avoid massaging the knee since it also causes excess bleeding. If the injury becomes severe you should rush to the nearest medical center for proper medication. The above tips guarantee quick healing since the professionals ensure the surgery is properly done. Parents should avoid slippery floors that can lead to falls hence causing kneel fractures. The house should be well kept…

Traditional African cultures believe dreams are a way to connect with the spirit world; they saw them as a way to heal trauma victims as well. Traditional healers are important in this culture, because they give people rituals to perform in order to ease their suffering. Healers would interpret the messages in the dreams then tell them victims how to make the stress go away…

the accident is whiplash injury. these accidents are common in the neck of a sudden bending back and forth and it casues severe health outcomes. Tissue damage in neck - whiplash in any direction unexpected shocks caused by unnatural head and neck trauma refers to different. If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms after a crash tested, you make an accident claim for whiplash reasons may be: • Constant discomfort or pain in the neck • Painful spasms or stinging shoulders • Muscle…

A lot of people have PTSD. It is more common anxiety than most. You could attempt to help your granddaddy with his anxiety by using classical condition therapies. First to help your granddaddy I would use the systematic desensitization. Systematic desensitization simply means to gradually expose. If he was deployed to Vietnam he is most likely very familiar with the term “Charlie”. Charlie is the term US troops called the Vietnamese bad guys in Nam. You could start by showing a piece of paper…

One of the most difficulty problems commonly arising in the false memory debate is “defining terms such as amnesia, recovery, repression, trauma, therapy, and even forgetting”; especially when there are scientifically proven cases of psychogenic amnesia (or functional amnesia) which refers to “a temporary loss of memory precipitated by a psychological trauma” (Memon & Young, 1998). But the line is thinly drawn between psychogenic amnesia and recovered memories by the concept of repression.…