Stress Disorder: The Role Of PTSD In The Military

Since the Vietnam War, methods of treating PTSD have developed and lowered the number of cases, but simply lowering the number of cases is not good enough. Unless service members can be prevented from experiencing these negative emotions, every one of them is engaged in a possible suicide mission. With the proper procedures introduced and carried out as proposed, not only the service members can be helped, but their families as well.

As we learn more about the cause and effect of PTSD we can better equip ourselves to help those in need. It is a process that has a clear beginning but an unclear ending. A person who can function normally for many years after seeing combat may find it increasingly difficult to sit in a classroom day after day. With raising awareness on not only the severity but the scope of impact of mental health disorders it can eliminate the stigma of weakness and get these men and women who have put themselves second much of their lives the help they

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans has been prevalent in the United States ever since the diagnosis of shell shock after World War I. PTSD continues to be prevalent in veterans from the Vietnam War, to the Gulf War, to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The estimated lifetime prevalence of PTSD among veterans during the Vietnam era was 30.9% for men and 26.9% for women (U.S. Department of Government Affairs, 2015). Based on a population study the prevalence of PTSD among previously deployed Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom was 13.8% (U.S. Department of Government Affairs, 2015). PTSD in combat veterans can be very difficult to understand. This is widely due to the lack of research

1 in 8 returning soldiers suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Soon after returning home, family members start noticing a change in the soldiers. Most are in denial about having PTSD. What they need to know is that the earlier that they can get help, the better off they’ll be. With so many suffering, where are all the treatments? Even though some soldiers would abuse the treatment provided for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, American Veterans need to be provided with the proper treatment for it.

Many veterans who have been through war and experienced the gruesome nature of it come back to civilian life as a whole different person. Once they have returned, it is extremely difficult for them to function normally and go back to the way they used to be. One adjustment issue that individuals with PTSD struggle with is having this unrestrained feeling of being on edge that occurs spontaneously. As a soldier, these people were trained to always be on guard, fully alert, and be ready to pull the trigger during combat. As a result, some of these individuals develop a violent and agitated behavior, which is very hard for them to control. Furthermore, many veterans with PTSD have flashbacks of the horrors of warfare and have constant nightmares

Even soldiers of war has spoken out about their symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how the media id the truth from them about the effects of war. They describe how if they knew what they know about a soldier's life that they would've thought twice about joining the armed forces. They also described how hard it is to live with PTSD after a war. The everyday things that use to be so simple are now difficult. How memories can pop into their heads at any given minute and bring them back to that time. That time that many soldiers try their hardest to forget. Statistics show that out of a hundred soldiers, forty of them suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Legarreta, 1).

"Not long ago, most therapists who heard a story like Albert Grow's would have thought about what his experience in Vietnam did to his relationship with his family, his community and his sense of self. Few would have given much thought to what it did to his biochemistry. That is about to change. Grow, a policeman in Salem, New Hampshire, came back from Vietnam nearly 30 years ago on a "freezer flight"--a transport plane piled with body bags. At the Boston airport, a woman called him trash and spit in his face. Not long afterward, he punched out two coworkers in a photo lab because they wore black arm bands to honor the Vietnamese dead. After a brief stay on a psychiatric ward, he burned his Marine uniform in his parents' backyard. He avoided

Over the recent years PTSD- post traumatic stress disorder has become a problem among veterans returning from the Afghanistan and Iraq war. Even after returning to American soils, veterans are battling with the effects of this mental illness, but who else is suffers from this illness. Family members and caregivers are also affected from PTSD. The soldier, the family member and caregivers once knew before going over sea to war is no longer the same. It can take an emotional toll on someone, whose loved one suffers from PTSD. The symptoms and side effects of PTSD can be terrifying for someone that does not have an understanding of PTSD. Family members and caregivers have different reactions when it comes to family members that suffer from PTSD, which can cause relationship problems among them. Treatment is always an option among families that are having a hard time with the effects of PTSD.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder also known as PTSD occurs after life-threatening events. In the military those life threatening events can come from being in a combat zone. Soldiers who come back from combat are not required to have counseling, and if they do it is sometimes seen as a weakness. Getting our soldiers a minimum of three months of counseling to help with PTSD should be mandatory because, they will have stressors, suffer from mental and physical afflictions, and may feel that getting help will be a sign of weakness.

Before the Vietnam War, it was not uncommon to know very little about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); however, after a large percentage of Vietnam soldiers were affected by the disorder, the symptoms of PTSD were widely known. PTSD is caused when a person faces a traumatic event that causes a mental pain deep inside of them. PTSD affected 31% of the Vietnam soldiers. PTSD causes a person to feel emotionally numb to the world around them. There are many different symptoms that can be linked to PTSD, and every person will experience it differently. Some symptoms include, reliving the situation through nightmares, becoming aggressive, and coming home with the feeling of being broken.

I learned that this was not an illness to be miniaturized in terms of its emanation or corollary. It came with ramifications that I wouldn 't wish upon, even the worst of my enemies. The many it had inflicted upon me, I learned I was no match for alone. Again, I was caugt in a sea of dipsomania with no raft or life preserver. I was sure this time that I had finally rolled an unlucky number on life 's crap table.

Military personnel who engage in combat and have been persecuted by war may experience a form a psychological distress that is also known as post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disorder that can result from any traumatic experience, such as rape, war, or witnessing a terrible event. Symptoms of PTSD include sleep disturbance, nightmares, flashbacks, and poor concentration (Picchioni et al., 2013). Many studies have shown how combat events can cause PTSD in males and how it also causes them to have recurring nightmares. People who engage in combat events are at risk of endangering their lives. They are exposed to enemy fire, explosion, witnessing injured comrades (soldiers or civilians), and

That moment where he witnessed his comrade get his face melted off, has traumatized his mind. He cannot relinquish himself from this horrid memory. Therefore, he suffers from these horrid images. Ultimately, his mind has suffered from the war and cause him to have PTSD.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that may occur in some people following a traumatic event. PTSD and depression often coexist due to the similar characteristics of PTSD and depression as well as the nature of a traumatic event inducing PTSD as well as depressive symptoms per DSM-5 guidelines. PTSD has been noted to coexist with diabetes as well in several research studies. The etiology, prevalence, and symptoms of PTSD, depression and PTSD associated with Type 2 diabetes will be presented. Research evidence of PTSD and the association of diabetes as well as integrative therapy will be discussed.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is be described as a mental health condition that's triggered by a trauma experienced that is very severe. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are signature injuries of the wars that have been fought in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade. There is still much to learn about the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and short- and long-term prognosis associated with each of these conditions. To improve the diagnosis and treatment of TBI and PTSD in the military, it is necessary to study individuals with a full range of symptom severity.