Dead Soldiers King Anthony

In the past, veterans who disclosed suffering from signs of PTSD encountered a great deal of ignorance and bias. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (n.d.), veterans who had the illness were often considered weak, were rejected by comrades, and even faced discharge from military service. In fact, even physicians and mental health specialists often questioned the existence of the disease, which of course led to society’s misconception of PTSD in general. Sadly because of this existing prejudice it appears even today soldiers are still worried to admit having PTSD symptoms, and therefore they do not receive the proper support they need. While individuals are assured that their careers will not be affected, and seeking help is encouraged, most soldiers see it as a failure to admit having a mental health illness (Zoroya, 2013). Educating military personal of this illness, and making sure no blame is put on the veterans who encounter this disease is therefore vital.

I believe that this movie has helped me better understand and also broaden my knowledge about human behavior and psychopathology by learning about what causes a mental disorder and also the symptoms and treatments that are available. It has also broadened my understanding of the difficultly that service men and woman returning from active duty suffer from when they have been diagnosed with PTSD. I’ve seen a number news shows that have described the increased rate of PTSD diagnosis in military personnel returning from duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. Given what I’ve learned from this paper, I can now better understand how the trauma of being an active front-line solder could easily cause someone to be diagnosed with PTSD. I can see how being confronted with a high level of violence on a day-to-day basis, and having to respond by killing others, can easily cause soldiers to display abnormal psychological behaviors, like PTSD. I can also imagine these solders becoming isolated, angry, and violent, much like Lisbeth displayed, as a feature of their PTSD. In the end, the types of treatments that I recommended for Lisbeth could also help these soldiers.

A common trait for soldiers, following the war, was the "Crazy Vietnam Veteran", who would be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and subsequently inflict havoc in civilian life, or abroad (e.g. Rambo from the novel ‘First Blood’ and Michael from the film ‘The Deer Hunter’). Representations of Vietnam Veterans in popular culture have typically been negative, showing mental illness, violence, and inability to adjust and fit in with society. Yet these depictions of mental illness, antisocial behaviour and lack of control are not far detached from the truth, and the actual suffering of

Over the last decade, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have drastically increased the need for effective mental health services and treatment for U.S. veterans and service members, especially those suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Nearly 1.5 million American service members have been deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) since the attack on the Twin Towers in September 2001 (Price, Gros, Strachan, Ruggiero, & Acierno, 2013). Approximately 25% of soldiers and wounded warriors returning home from OEF/OIF present with mental illness due to combat-related violence and other trauma exposure (Steinberg & Eisner, 2015). According to Price and colleagues (2013), OEF/OIF soldiers and veterans are at greater risk for developing mental illness compared to others who served in past military operations.

Haynie believes the cause of this distorted reporting is due to three main problems: money, The Bedford Guide for College Writers, 10th edition, includes the article: “As Attitudes Shift on PTSD, Media Slow to Remove Stigma,” by Mike Haynie. Haynie, a U.S. Air Force veteran, is also the founder and executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, at Syracuse University (546). In the article, Haynie theorizes “some in the media continue to perpetuate a stigma linking military service to mental illness and violence” (547). He reiterates President Bill Clinton’s imperative that “Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of.’

In this study, researchers wanted to determine if Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, more commonly referred to as PTSD, was automatically associated with acts of violence. In addition, they sought to find if Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, along with anger, would further the amount of violence inflicted in comparison to Posttraumatic stress disorder alone. The researchers sought out those in the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study data set and selected 1,200 male combat theater veterans to perform a main survey. Additionally, they selected 259 male combat theater veterans for individualized clinical interviews. The results were as follows; those veterans that had been diagnosed with PTSD were "not associated with violence in the absence

PTSD having been on the rise following various deployments necessitated by the various wars against terror, where the soldiers encounter traumatic experiences like harsh training conditions, unfavorable living standards, enemy attacks, extreme working environment, explosions, torture by enemies, loss of colleagues as well as long term separation from family back at home (Melinda S & Jeanne S., 2012). This therefore calls for a concerted effort in handling the pandemic of PTSD since it has been constantly on the increase and as a

It is a well known fact that war is gruesome and changes those involved. We have all heard the stories of soldiers risking life and limb to protect our beliefs, but until recently we have believed that the scars of war were merely physical. While mental disorders like PTSD were debated shortly after World War II it was not diagnosed until around 1980. Even now, there is a plethora of other factors that contribute to the mental health of war veterans. These same factors are being ignored not only by the public and the medical professionals, but sometimes even the veterans themselves.

The tragic story of Chris Kyle, American Sniper, and how he “survived six IED attacks and three gunshot wounds in four tours of duty in Iraq” but was unable to survive as he was killed by a former American Marine who was suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder demonstrates the PTSD crisis among veterans (Engel 1). It is ironic that Kyle was not killed on foreign territory, but rather on American soil four years after his final discharge. Many people wonder why Eddie Ray Routh would kill Kyle, who was there to give him emotional support by taking him to the shooting range. According to Medical News Today, “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is triggered by a traumatic event…the sufferer of PTSD may have experienced or seen an event that caused extreme fear, shock, and/or a feeling of helplessness” (Nordqvist 1). Combat-related PTSD signs and symptoms generally fall into three categories: psychological, physical, and behavioral.

Based on the video, the prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is high within the contemporary society, especially amongst individuals who have spent years serving in the United States Armed Forces. I found the video to be highly emotional due to the difficulties that are experienced by soldiers or veterans on a daily basis from the effects of PTSD. Furthermore, the video seems to show the reality behind PTSD as individuals suffer from episodes of anxiety, depressive thoughts, constant fear, reassurance regarding their surroundings and suicidal tendencies due to the intensity of being placed in a war zone or a battlefield. The video further describes how the diagnosis of PTSD was highly unclear in the beginning affecting the overall care

The purpose of this study is to profoundly understand and explore the effects of trauma and war experience in

Post-traumatic stress disorder abbreviated PTSD is a response to traumatic events in someone’s life. Traumatic events are events that provoke fear, helplessness or horror in response to a threat or extreme stressor (Yehuda, 2002). Soldiers and other military members are at a much higher risk to Post traumatic stress disorder due to combat and other stressful situations they are put into. People effected by Post-traumatic stress disorder will have symptoms including flashbacks, avoidance of things, people or places that remind them of the traumatic event. Also, hyper arousal which includes insomnia, irritability, impaired concentration and higher startle reactions. In this paper I will discuss post-traumatic stress disorder, its signs, symptom and effects on culture as portrayed in the movie, American Sniper.

In the United States (US) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects 8 out of every 100 persons (United States Department of Veterans Affairs [USDVA], 2015). In which account for about 8 million people that include the military veterans (USDVA, 2015). About 10% of women and 4% of men will develop PTSD during some course of their lives (USDVA, 2015). Veterans are more susceptible to PTSD due to longer exposures to trauma, danger, or witness a violent life threaten incidence during their military service periods (USDVA, 2015). The development of PTSD becomes chronic after no longer seeing or under the “fight-or-flight“ experiences causing a psychological and/ or mental breakdown (National Institutes of Health [NIH], n.d). Such

The social issues surrounding mental health; the causes; and the treatments of disorders; have always intrigued me, especially regarding our veteran service members. Being a veteran myself, I identify with the struggles and hardships that our veterans face every day. Our servicemen and women are exposed to a variety of traumas (e.g. combat, family separation, and being in a constant state of arousal) that contribute to mental illness. However, not all servicemen and women suffer from mental illness. Therefore, I am interested in identifying why these men and women who share similar exposures of combat related traumas, do not suffer from or show signs of any mental illness. Additionally,

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or as many know by the abbreviation PTSD, is a complex mental issue that affects several every day. People that know of post-traumatic stress disorder tend to connect it to military personnel. In recent years, PTSD has been diagnosed in people who have endured other types of high-stress experiences as well (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)). In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) added PTSD to the third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III). Although PTSD was recognized as a mental disorder in 1980, in the 1800’s doctors began to notice that soldiers were “exhausted” from war and would experience mental shutdowns and similar symptoms of