Trent Affair

TAP is a joint effort by the Department of Defense, Department of Labor, and Department of Veterans Affairs to inform Service members and Veterans about many programs and services including Vocational Rehabilitation and the potentially life changing opportunities available. During the TAP briefing, there will be a component focusing on services for individuals…

This is a summary of the professional article Titled Military Services and Men’s Health Trajectories in Later Life. This article is listed in the Journal of Gerontology Social Sciences. The primary objective behind this study was to closely analyze the variation that existed amongst armed services veterans and individuals that were never involved with the military.These associated differences were in the areas of long term patterns of health, basic living requirements, restricted life style due…

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is psychological disorder that “affects more than 7 million Americans” (Poole, 11). While we know that traumatic experiences can cause PTSD, it has only recently been studied and documented in detail. To develop a better understanding of PTSD this paper will examine the symptoms of PTSD, the history of PTSD, and the current treatments for PTSD. The symptoms of PTSD are very similar patient to patient. Most people have flashbacks or nightmares and become…

Hi Luann, You brought up an interesting point about a client who does not want to search his or her own opinions and behaviors, would not fare well with a person who utilizes Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy. Stark (2002) talked about clinical interventions when a difference of opinion arises, such as a client becoming defensive, not desiring to change their thoughts and demeanor, giving us tools to navigate a client through the process gaining a positive result. Got me to thinking about the…

Active Military/ Veteran Suicide Introduction Service members put their lives on the line daily for us. Stationed overseas they endure strenuous situations, most life changing. Our Soldiers deal with life altering situations and are faced with difficult decisions every day. For some the battle doesn’t always start on the battlefield. For them it can start before being stationed out or deployed. Studies find it may be due to transitions rather than the strain of combat. The United States…

Results The dependent variable in this is whether or not the veterans suffer from depression. It is the dependent variable because in this case, depression is dependent on the number of years has served in the military or if they have served at all. The independent variable is the variable that is not dependent on another. In this case, having depression is not a determining factor for serving in the military. The variable name for depression is ‘DEPRESS’ and the variable name for the number of…

Discussion Providing exceptional care to U.S. veterans ought to be a priority for our nation and its health care providers. The VHA is approaching the 50-year mark of utilizing the nurse practitioner as a vital provider of primary care. With an increasing number of veterans, at home and abroad, now is the time to set up a universal scope of practice for providers throughout the system. It does not go unnoticed how difficult the creation of a national standard will be. While the VHA is a federal…

Establish a Supporters Program Communicating with all veterans organisations will trigger a lot of interest. People will want to become supporters. Whereas Volunteers are people who give their time to moderate or create content, “Supporters” can contribute in many smaller ways with active engagement. Examples include: Encouraging a VWM facebook post on key days Identifying potential memorial champions (or becoming one) Printing a PDF poster and putting on local notice boards Encouraging action…

Emotional Trauma is Psychological, or emotional trauma, is damage or injury to the psyche after living through an extremely frightening or distressing event and may result in challenges in functioning or coping normally after the event. Its can happen to anyone of any sort. I believe that the up most first people all over the world that would come to mind who suffer from this trauma are military personnel. I say this because we have an active force of over 1,500,000 infantry wise. They…

noted that "Sleep disturbances may further complicate the clinical presentation of PTSD" (Straus 8). Therefore, The traumatizing nightmares do not take place because of random issues, the "National Center for PTSD of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs" stated that the nightmares those with PTSD have are often associated with the trauma they experienced ("Nightmares"). Knowing that my grandma also fought in the Vietnam War, and remembering all the times I have heard him talk about his…