United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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.…

The treatment of PTSD is very important to the soldier and their families so once a soldier return from deployment they can come back in a normal state of mind. Every soldier, air men, sailor or marine has its own reason to join the military so establishing a family bond is a big thing and yes unfortunately divorces do happen and it is currently at an all-time high in the military. During a deployment…

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…

We in what way are out veterans not important. They have been there ever since the revolutionary war all the way up to now. Either they are fighting for our freedom or against people who have made wrong decisions to attack us. They have been the brave men and women who have and will lay down their lives in order to protect the country that they love and keep us safe and protected. We look up to them as brave individuals who will lay down everything to keep our rights and freedom. Ever since…

are being followed and to look for opportunities for improvement. One client of the Department of Veterans Affairs is the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) organization. The VFW home website, located at http://www.vfw.org/home/, has easy to find links to obtain information and assistance in filing VA compensation claims. The VFW website appears to perform a service to the VA, and to veterans, by alerting eligible veterans to methods and processes for accessing earned benefits. However, information…

choosing the problem, defined few topic-specific terms, implications of the problem, and problem as it relates to the research questions. In this study, I examined the problem of military transition to civilian life as it affects hundreds of thousand of veterans of the U.S. Military who have served our country but may have been discharged without sufficient receipt of resources and services to equip them. Particularly, I analyzed relationships between career adaptability and transition…

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…

As of today, 31.3 million people are struggling with a disorder called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Rosenthal). People today hear a great deal about it in the news with war veterans, although, this disorder does not affect war veterans alone. For instance, if one has been exposed to any kind of tragic event, he/she is at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, unfortunately, is the inevitable result from experiencing traumas ranging from war violence to…

In 2010, then Secretary of Veterans Affairs (SECVA) Eric Shinseki recognized the need to transform the department and set out to modernize and improve Veteran Services by focusing on the in the areas of people, processes and technology. The department established as one of its priority goals to “Improve Veteran access to VA benefits and services.” In response to this goal, the department began a major transformation initiative. As part of this initiative, the Veterans Benefits Administration…

New York Times shows the mindset of Veterans and how they have a feeling of dislocation when returning home. The veterans that made it home alive feel as though they should’ve fought with everything they had until they were no longer standing because people tend to find it easier to honor the dead veterans. The veteran’s that return from war are usually scarred and coming home can’t remove that scar. 2. Alexander connects the Odyssey to the idea that Veterans come home expecting their lives to…