Social Determinants Of Health

Knowing he what he just came across he ends up taking the rest of the drugs back home where he uses the drug to do more experiments. During one these experiments he goes as far back to where he thinks its the start of creation. Not knowing much about what this drug could do, one of the experiment starts genetic regression on Eddie, not being able to speak and signs of mental change leads to having further examination. X-ray shows that Eddie has displayed characteristics as a Simian. Not even being on the drug Eddie goes through different states where he starts to hallucinate which starts to effect him physically and mentally. Wanting to continue his experiment not knowing the dangers again, leaves Eddie into a whole other creature. Eddie goes as far as changing into a man like ape who’s cover with fur that could be the signs of the first start of men. Acting like a dangerous primitive creature, he goes as almost killing a guy and eating a sheep. After changing back into his self, Emily and Arthur starts to worry and realizes how serious it can affect Eddie’s life. Not stoping there Eddie is able to get them to do another

The chapter ‘Clinical Histories: From Soldier’s Heart to PTSD’ from the book ‘Fields of Combat’ by Erin Finley, examines U.S. military community’s perception of combat stress casualties. From the Civil War times until now, there has been growth in the understanding that soldiers face extreme psychological consequences, like behavioral and functional problems, after returning home from war. In 1980, this behavioral and functional problem is formally recognized as Post-Traumatic Stress order (PTSD) in the U.S. and it was internationally recognized in the late 1980’s. Not only was the diagnosis given to survivors of combat, but also noncombat traumatic experiences, such as rape, natural disaster, rape and etc. The chapter looks at the historical

Struggles of the Soldier War takes a toll on the mind, body, and soul. Throughout history, the soldier has struggled to push through the barriers war provides. There are records of the soldier’s insanity and suffering dating back to World War I, shown in All Quiet on the Western Front. His comrades are the only ones that understand what he is dealing with, and the soldier feels isolated when surrounded by civilians. It is difficult to survive mentally because of the horrific things the soldier deals with, which often cause the soldier to develop mental disorders.

Wounds of War: the Psychological Aftermath of Combat in Vietnam by Herbert Hendin and Ann Pollinger Haas was published in 1984, roughly a decade after the end of the Vietnam War. Its purpose is to inform the public about the trauma, treatment, complications, and other perspectives that the Vietnam War veterans went through. Herbert Hendin is a psychiatrist and Ann Haas is a sociologist. Describing that both the combat experiences and the post-war treatment was cruel, Hendin and Haas came to the conclusion that overall, it was the post-war treatment to the veterans of Vietnam was the biggest cause of the number of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder victims. A value of the book is that Hendin is a psychologist who has studied suicide and depression

The author uses two intricate rhetorical strategies in this passage such as anecdotes and similes. The author carefully explains how the two sons in the story go to war and then come back with post traumatic stress disorder, abusing drugs and alcohol, explains how they suffered extreme jitters, and how they couldn’t sleep. The author’s purpose was to show the reader how hard it can be to go to war and that the government is not doing enough to put an end to the one million new veterans that may take their own lives.

The seductive allure of war in O’Brien’s novel, “The Things They Carried,” is linked to the tendencies of human nature in men. War acts as a catalyst for many causing them to become more primal versions of themselves or “human killing machines.” O’Brien revisits the idea of man losing himself numerous times adding in subtle variations of his own life experiences and inconstant propensity to make witness to and offer detailed accounts of coping mechanisms and grief in attempt to gain control over the chaos of the war by creating a story of survival. During the war, American soldiers carried patriotic derision on their shoulders, however, after the war, they were exposed to unnecessary psychological effects that in many ways were worse than the war itself. Soldiers during the war felt a strong sense of isolation from their friends, families, and communities back home.

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.

Eber admits to being nervous about going home because he's not going to be on probation and doesn't know if he's going to be able to make a commitment to change. He has a desire to change, but is wondering if he'll actually be able to commitment. Eber's girlfriend and parents don't appreciate him using drugs. Eber's father has attempted to help Eber by telling him to only drink

How does war affect the mind of a soldier? It would seem to some that a soldier thrives on war, that true heroism lies within those who show no weakness in its midst. No mental block can stop a soldier from his duty. Yet, some 20% of veterans are returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). So what of these brave servicemen and women who snap upon realizing the harsh tragedy of war? How can the concept of unbreakable soldier be taken on? In the article, “Military’s mental-health system faces shortage of providers, lack of good diagnostic tools” Ellen Nakashima and Sandhya Somashekhar take on these questions by examining the resources provided to veterans for mental health issues. The authors of this article take specific note of the rising rates of mental health related problems among veterans over the past decade. What is befuddling about this piece is how the information is presented as surprising or shocking. How could the authors, let alone the military, be caught off guard by the fact that a decade long war could

The text, ‘The Things They Carried', is an excellent example which reveals how individuals are changed for the worse through their first hand experience of war. Following the lives of the men both during and after the war in a series of short stories, the impact of the war is accurately portrayed, and provides a rare insight into the guilt stricken minds of soldiers. ‘The Things They Carried' shows the impact of the war in its many forms: the suicide of an ex-soldier upon his return home; the lessening sanity of a medic as the constant death surrounds him; the trauma and guilt of all the soldiers after seeing their friends die, and feeling as if they could have saved them; and the deaths of the soldiers, the most negative impact a war

War can destroy a man both in body and mind for the rest of his life. In “The Sniper,” Liam O’Flaherty suggests the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers, but also by showing its psychological effects. We are left to wonder which has the longer lasting effect—the visible physical scars or the ones on the inside?

Instead, Eldon lived the rest of his life feeling many emotions such as anger, guilt, sadness, and shame. These emotions are what Franklin refers to in the quotation as being ‘half alive’. Eldon felt major guilt for never checking up on his mother to make sure she was safe and well. Instead, he let his terror of Jenks and his anger towards his mother over power his return. Although struggling with all of these emotions Eldon does not do anything to mend them such as going to visit his mother for an explanation or to rebuild their relationship. Alternately, Eldon buried these emotions and felt constant pain and suffering for the rest of his lifetime. Also, by burying these feelings I believe it did a great deal of harm to Eldons life, perhaps being a major contributor to his alcoholism. In the quotation, Franklin is saying that even though Eldon was in pain he should've done something about it rather than living and suppressing these feelings. Even if returning meant being literally or figuratively hurt at least Eldon would've gotten the closure he needed. I concur with Franklin that his father should have returned home as it may have relieved his pain and suffering and prevented

"You just don 't know," she said. "You hide in this little fortress, behind wire and sandbags, and you don 't know what it 's all about. Sometimes I want to eat this place. Vietnam. I want to swallow the whole country—the dirt, the death—I just want to eat it and have it there inside me. That 's how I feel. It 's like . . . this appetite. I get scared sometimes—lots of times—but it 's not bad. You know? I feel close to myself. When I 'm out there at night, I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and my fingernails, everything, it 's like I 'm full of electricity and I 'm glowing in the dark—I 'm on fire almost—I 'm burning away into nothing—but it doesn 't matter because I know exactly who I am. You can 't feel like that anywhere else."” (O’ Brien 80-81). Tim O’ Brien shows how being in contact with the war can change a person so pure and innocent to a person who isn’t in connection with themselves and is forever trapped inside their own mind. Also it shows how the people who can’t handle the rough environment of war can have a terrible reaction and loose themselves. He also shows how the war changes you mentally making it hard for you to tell if the is the real you or just a persona you took when you couldn’t handle it anymore and needed to mask your broken soul.

Every veteran of war you see went through something that changed them, either from their own experience or from their “brother’s” and in the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien it shows exactly what I’m talking about. While using the psychological lens, specifically, Maslow’s Hierarchical Theory of Human Needs and Holmes-Rahe Stress Scale, the reader can see in chapters “On The Rainy River,” “The Man I Killed,” and “Field Trip” that Tim O’Brien is emotionally unstable due experiencing the trauma of war.

However, 'Survivors' and 'Mental Cases' examines the soldiers who are left after the war with their psychological illnesses untreated. Both the novel and the poems give an insight into the psychological torment the war causes its soldiers and the extent to which the damages can occur. ' Regeneration' however, was wrote when information regarding the war was more accessable. This meant it is able to provide its readers with an insight into a wider variety of psychological illnesses the war caused-giving a more broad overview of mental implications. In comparison the poems provide a raw, more hard hitting recollection of the psychological illnesses developed during the war.