United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the name for the psychiatric disorder that has been around since the beginning of the human species, but has not been widely researched until recently. PTSD occurs after someone has experienced a traumatic event such as life threat, serious injury, or death. This is not the case for every person that has experienced a traumatic event, though. According to the National Center for PTSD (2015), the APA introduced…

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 speech). But areas of the right hemisphere, associated with emotional states and autonomic arousal, lit up, particularly the area around the amygdala, which might be called the brain's "smoke detector.” This suggests that when people relive their traumatic…

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 include: Females, veterans, and survivors of rape and mortal combat. However, presentation occurs at any age. Onset of PTSD is commonly experienced within the first 3 months following trauma. As such, initial trauma reactions can present synonymously as other…

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.…

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…