Erin Finley Fields Of Combat Chapter Summaries

This paper explores post-traumatic stress and how it is seen as a disorder. Post-traumatic stress can manifest into post-traumatic stress disorder. The evaluation and review books and articles seem to reveal a relation to these symptoms and military member, either active or non-active veterans. These symptoms do not manifest strictly into the full-extent of the disorder in all cases of military, however, things such as depression and other physical symptoms are discussed through the readings. The end result is that we discovered that through the readings PTSD will in fact lead to suicide if left untreated.

World War II is still seen today as one of the most lethal wars in history. As technology advanced, more destructive weapons were created. In the hands of the wrong people and those forced to use them, these weapons paved the way for physical and psychological destruction. Furthermore, the mentality of individuals during this time enabled more marring upon themselves and upon other individuals. Even though what we now refer to as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, existed before World War II, this time period brought about a higher prevalence of PTSD, as well as began to change the way this disorder was perceived by people.

According to Goulston’s book, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Dummies, PTSD, when first being treated, was not a priority taken by doctors. PTSD was perceived as a weakness before. Doctors were not taking this epidemic serious with soldiers, nor doing anything about it, only labeling them with PTSD. Towards the end of the 1900s, PTSD was being looked at seriously because soldiers fought hard to get the world to do so (Goulston 11). Goulston demonstrates that doctors recognized that anyone can obtain PTSD after a trauma. This disorder was obscured when first seen. Doctors took minimal ations to none to help the soldiers that were suffering. During the Vietnam War era, PTSD was finally being looked into because there was a large case of soldiers that obtained this disorder during this time. Soldiers themselves were fighting for PTSD recognition because of the dangers and symptoms it can have during war. Matthew J. Friedman’s research describes how PTSD diagnosis’ were created due to the exposure of traumatic experiences from a number of social

Perhaps attesting to the enhanced understanding of PTSD and alarm at the troubling suicide rates of veterans, the media seems to be raising the public’s attention about the condition, for example, through the use of documentaries. In 2005, during the second push of the Iraqi and Afghanistan war PBS FRONTLINE released a documentary entitled, “The Soldier’s Heart,” This documentary gives an overview of the history of PTSD, but focuses specifically on the psychological toll of the Iraq war. It illuminates the fact that despite advances in our understanding of PTSD, there continues to be a stigma against psychological problems in the

It was not until the 1980’s that the diagnosis of PTSD as we know it today came to be. However, throughout history people have recognized that exposure to combat situations can have profound negative impact on the mind s and bodies of individuals in these situations. But there are other catastrophic events that can have such profound impact on people resulting in PTSD…

The freedoms Americans enjoy come at a price; brave military men and women often foot the bill. Many men and women pay with their lives; others relive the sights, sounds, and terror of combat in the form of PTSD. Several causes and risk factors contribute to the development of PTSD. Combat-related PTSD appears slightly different than traditional PTSD. History tells of times when soldiers diagnosed with PTSD were viewed as “weak.” Resources have not always been available to struggling soldiers. The adverse symptoms of PTSD on soldiers and their families can be crippling.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (commonly known as PTSD) is an important issue associated with military soldiers. The primary focus of this paper will be on the causes of PTSD and the effects it has on returning soldiers from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I will attempt to elaborate on the soldiers' experiences through my own experiences in combat both in Iraq and Afghanistan. I will explain what PTSD is, look at the history of PTSD, how people get it, and differences of PTSD between men and women, and treatment options.

PTSD is only now being recognized as a legitimate disease. When symptoms, of what is now PTSD, began showing up on the battlefields in the 1800’s, doctors of the military had “begun to diagnose soldiers with ‘exhaustion’” (Eagan,p. 360). Medicine of the time was about physical disorders. Doctors paid little to no attention to the enigmatic field of mind-body medicine. “Exhaustion” was the diagnosis of a “mental shutdown” caused by trauma (Eagan,p. 360). Diagnosing soldiers with ‘exhaustion’ was the military’s and

In this investigation, the personal side of the soldiers who fought in the Vietnam war will be examined- particularly the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that were most common in veterans, and the different experiences in the war or after returning home that could have caused them. The types of warfare, deaths, and differences from methods used in the Vietnam War will be discussed. Technological advancements and mindsets of the different times of the wars will be taken into account. The definition of PTSD and descriptions of different general causes will be

Military Pathway (2013) concluded “Military life, especially the stress of deployments or mobilizations, can present challenges to service members and their families that are both unique and difficult”. Hence, it is not surprising that soldiers returning from a stressful war environment often suffer from a psychological condition called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This paper provides a historical perspective of PTSD affecting soldiers, and how this illness has often been ignored. In addition, the this paper examines the cause and diagnosis of the illness, the changes of functional strengths and limitations, the overall effects this disease may have on soldiers and their families, with a conclusion of

In the story, Clinical Histories: From Soldier’s heart to PSTD, the author laid his foundation for understanding the reasons behind PSTD stress after combat engagement in veterans. PSTD is generally considered to be a mental illness. Combat stress is defined as the “expected and predicable emotional, intellectual, physical, and/or behavioral reactions of service member who have been exposed to stressful events in war or military operation other than war”. The American military community realized that engaging in combat could have physiological effects on individual. After World War 1, physiologist concluded that individuals reacted in wide ranges of ways during wartime, and it was their predisposition that resulted in neuropsychiatric disorder,

In this reading from Soldier’s Heart to PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder was finally acknowledge as a diagnosis. It explain how the term for PTSD was changed throughout the years as it develop. W.H.R Rivers explain how warfare inhibit the “higher function of the nervous system and the mental activity” of people who were involved. The causes of PTSD was becoming more clear as the war became to an end. It had to deal with the emotional aspect of war and how these men weren’t able to deal with the combat stress. They had to put themselves back together in order to return to war. In the model that the British and French development, the men who returned to combat were able to fully recover more quicker while the men who were sent home struggled

The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial wars the United States has been involved in. While some individuals supported the war effort, many individuals began protesting the war as early as February of 1965 (History.com Staff, 2010). Despite this controversy, the amount of wounded soldiers and causalities, as well as the brutality and adversity experienced by the military personnel objectively describes the nature of the United States’ involvement in this war. Most military personnel who experienced combat were subjected multiple traumatic events (i.e., ambushes, booby traps, a harsh climate, relentless enemy, limited sleep, and unclear objectives; Alpha History, 2016). As such, the remainder of this paper will address background information about Vietnam veterans, common Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screening measures, common PTSD-related symptoms in the Vietnam population, and PTSD-related treatments for the Vietnam veteran population.

During World War One, four-fifths of men who had entered hospital suffering shell shock were never able to return to military duty: it was imperative that such high levels of 'permanent ineffectives' were reduced.” In World War II the military tried to weed out those they though were susceptible to war trauma during the examinations, however this proved to not to work because those that passed ended up with symptoms. It also shows how the military’s understanding of trauma effects were

Conceptualizing posttraumatic stress disorder was in a way of thinking of the symptoms as part of a stress response continuum. The pathophysiology of PTSD can be simply conceptualized as the result of a failure to deal with overwhelming stress. Posttraumatic stress disorder was operationalized by the eight points of criteria in the DSM-5 to understand the frequency and intensity of symptoms experienced by patients with PTSD. Making the examination of the three written accounts clear to how individuals suffering from PTSD related to combat and healthcare stress are not only burdened by the stressors of being home, but at the same time being reminded of traumatic war events. Some who suffer from PTSD are able to return with little disruption