Today in class we watched an episode of true life: I have PTSD. We watched as three men struggled to get their lives back together as they readjusted back to society. To receive full credit for this blog you need to do some research. You need to link 2 articles to your post.
- Your first article needs to be an article based around current veterans from the Afghan or Iraq war suffering from PTSD. You need to summarize the article please do not plagiarize. I will know.
- Your second article needs to be an article that talks about the current efforts of the armed forces to help soldiers cope with PTSD.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/veterans-ptsd-crime-report_n_1951338.html
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about veterans facing PTSD and the likelihood that they will be arrested for criminal misbehavior. The article says that veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan that suffer from PTSD are about twice as likely to display this behavior and get arrested. This new study has revealed that 23% of people with PTSD have been arrested. The article also says that the study showed that other factors contributed to the crimes that veterans commit such as a bad home life or substance abuse. The PTSD and the irritability associated with is raises the risk of a veteran’s arrest. The article also suggests that there is a problem with the PTSD treatment for veterans because it does not address the irritability problem sufficiently.
http://www.army.mil/article/84928/
This article addresses what the Military services and the Department of Veterans Affairs is doing with the treatment of PTSD. It says that the treatment of PTSD is the same throughout. It says that the standardization of the treatment helps the soldier trust the system. The medical community has trained on guidelines of PTSD treatment so that the issue’s urgency is understood. The goal of the treatment is an approach called “patient-centered care” which means that the veteran can trust the care providers to focus on their individual needs. Research is also being done to help the treatment of PTSD. Another goal of this system is to get rid of the stigma associated with the mental disorder. The goal is to have soldiers reach out and seek help.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/some-local-iraq-afghan-veterans-struggle-to-get-jo/nS35d/
ReplyDeleteIn this article it talks about many veterans who come back and do not know how to live a normal life again. Many, such as Darrel Langworthy, live a daily struggle of trying to find a job. A main reason why they can not find a job is because veterans, such as ALexis Fudora, do not have a specific job they are good at. They are only good at what they learned in the military(killing). Also, for those veterans who have a job have a hard time keeping it because they are constantly effected by their PTSD symptoms. For example, while working they can get easily startled and make a scene. ALso, they can get stressed out easily and have random flashbacks from war so they have a short tempor and may get tired because of their lack of sleep. Due to PTSD V.A's are trying to provide professionals to help out veterans to get back in the routine of a dailey life outside of war.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/21/nearly-30-of-vets-treated-by-v-a-have-ptsd.html
This article shows how the Military services and V.A. have been trying to help out veterans who suffer from PSD. Statistics showed that only 20-30% of veterans with PTSD were being treated in due to the lack of efforts put into V.A. to provide doctors to help out with the veterans. Finally, when PTSD was recognized as a severe psychological issue, and with the help of the Presidents impute with health care, the V.A. provided 4,000 mental health professionals to the staff, and even more doctors/professionals, which increased the V.A. staff to about 22,000! Therefore, the V.A. has made a huge improvement in making sure that veterans with PTSD are treated.
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/31
ReplyDeleteIn this article it talks about a new government report, the number of US Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who are homeless or at risk for becoming homeless is rising at an enormous rate, more than doubling over the past two years. The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans see that theres about 1.5 million veterans are at risk of homelessness due to poverty, lack of support networks, and living conditions. Veterans are much more likely than the population at large to suffer from homelessness, making up 23 percent of the homeless population. Afghanistan War veterans are particularly at risk because of their young age and their exposure to combat with its psychological effects. Sixty-three percent of male homeless veterans and 77 percent of female homeless veterans suffered from PTSD and/or a mood disorder.
http://soldiersbestfriend.org/?gclid=CIjrm5H51LQCFek7OgodhB4AaA
To provide United States military veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with a trained Service or Therapeutic Companion Dog, most of these dogs of which will be rescued from local shelters. Their Goal is to help our war heroes improve in their symptoms of PTSD, adjust back into civilian life, lead a more productive life and help them build self esteem. This is accomplished by pairing the veteran with a dog and training the two together. We also want to help the pet overpopulation problem by helping place shelter or rescue dogs into good homes.
http://ptsd.about.com/od/prevalence/a/IraqWarPTSD.htm
ReplyDeleteThis article is about a study on 120 returned Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. They observed the service men's PTSD symptoms, depression, alcohol use, and the use of VA mental health services. They found that six percent had PTSD, twenty-seven percent had dangerous alcohol use, and six percent had both PTSD and alcohol use. Of the 120 service men, sixty-two percent had received some kind of mental health care upon returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan; eleven percent used medication, thirty-five percent used some kind of therapy (individual, group, or family), two percent had treatment for substance abuse, and fifty-one percent were involved with briefings. While over half of veterans that need help are getting help, a lot are still not receiving the help they need to cope with ordinary life.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-05-03/politics/35457499_1_post-traumatic-stress-ptsd-veterans-affairs
This article shows that the VA is currently in a trial phase a new medication that may help better treat PTSD. After reviewing the current methods, the VA realized it needed something to help the veterans better. They are putting about five million dollars on clinical trials and even finding new techniques for meditation that may reduce stress and depression with the medication. While the trials only started in may of 2012 and take twelve to eighteen months to be complete, there are good signs already that it is working. In two independent studies, fifty percent showed a decrease in PTSD symptoms in eight weeks.
http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/04/17.html
ReplyDeleteIn this article researchers say that about 20% ofthe veterans that come back from war are diagnosed with PTSD. A symptom of PTSD is stress or depression. Researchers also found out that 19% have experienced brain injuries. Most people that experience PTSD don't go to get help because they think that it would effect there chances of getting a job. Most of the time when you get treatment only half succeed through it. Researchers think that people with this should be put in a trainning program to help with there mental illness. Service members usually sffer with this because they had a traumatic event where they saw there friend die or get seriously injured on the battle field. Rates of depression and PTSD were very high for the service members in war. People suffer with this for many years and some can't get rid of this traumatic disorder.
http://www.army.mil/article/84928/
In this second article
it discusses what the soldiers in the army do when they have PTSD.
It tells us that the treatment of PTSD is the same. It says that the standardization of the procedure helps the service men believe and trust the system. The community of medication has trained for the PTSD treatment so that the disorder can be learned and understandable. They want the treatment to approach a system called “patient-centered care”. This means that the veteran can put there trust into the care providers to stay focused on their personal needs. The goal is to have soldiers reach out and seek help. In order for that being done is to get rid of the stigma that is involved with mental disability. It is crucial that they get rid of this stigma or it wil eep going on for years and years throughout the service men.
http://iava.org/content/post-traumatic-stress-disorder
ReplyDeleteThis article mainly discusses how severe and extreme PTSD and the effects it has on soldiers returning home. This article stats that many veterans who do return home suffer from nightmares, trouble focusing, feeling separated from their families and people who were once close to them, flashbacks, but also paranoia due to their PTSD. One example given in the article was about a man who was constantly paranoid every-time he went near or under on overpass and was always looking for people who were a threat to him since that was how he was trained when fighting in wars. Some people even suffer from depression due to their PTSD causing them to have a lack of interest in everyday common activities and tasks.
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/va-ptsd-treatment-programs.asp
In this article it talks about the multiple facilities and help the VA offers to soldiers returning to the US that suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The article states that each facility helps soldiers recover by observing the severity of their disorder and then treating it accordingly. However the VA does not provide PTSD treatment to US soldiers who have been dishonorably discharged. Those it does provide treatment for each facility applies 4 different types of therapy to help treat a person's PTSD which are "assessment and testing, medicine, psychotherapy and family therapy, and group therapy." It's obvious that most of the VA's treatments for PTSD are some form of therapy since it is psychological so the VA has trained specialists to help specifically those who suffer from PTSD.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, also known as PTSD, is a disorder that is seen in most veterans who have served in foreign war. Soldiers who have been involved in combat, seen there friends killed or have killed someone, suffer from this tragic disorder. This reminded me of when my dad came back from Afghanistan and my mom wanted to drive home from the airport but my dad insisted on driving. My mom let him, and on our way to the hotel my dad said, "This is weird driving around and not worrying about running over mines or being shot at". After he said that, it really hit home with me that our soldiers are literally risking there lives for our freedom and we should be so thankful for them!!
ReplyDeletehttp://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/for-veterans-a-surge-of-new-treatments-for-trauma/
This first article is about how PTSD has affected our soldiers. It says that more soldiers die from suicide then from actual war injuries. This disorder makes them so stressed and uncomfortable they can’t bear it and end up killing themselves. The soldiers who suffer from PTSD have flashbacks and can see everything they saw when they were in war. Adjusting to life is hard enough after coming home from war, but when they have flashbacks on top of that, its adds to the stress of everyday life.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/21/nearly-30-of-vets-treated-by-v-a-have-ptsd.html
This second article describes how the Veterans Association helps soldiers suffering from PTSD. The V.A is a special hospital for veterans who have served in foreign wars. Nearly 30% of soldiers that come back from war suffer from some sort of PTSD. The V.A. helps the soldiers by getting them the medicine and the special therapy they need to help them try to live a normal life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/us/02suicide.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&ref=posttraumaticstressdisorder
ReplyDeleteThis article is talking about PTSD in active war members and Veterans of war. PTSD is caused from witnessing or participating in upsetting aspects of combat. This article is talks about Sgt. Jacob Blaylock and his battle with going home from war. Blaylock lost two friends in war, he was close to both soldiers and was extremely shaken by the situation. On April 26, 2007, Blaylock was back home in Texas trying to pick up life and move on. Blaylock was unable to cope with life outside of war and deal with the loss of his two friends. He was unable to deal with everyday problems. He tried to cope with his PTSD by drinking. He had dreams about his friends still being alive and coming over and hanging out. He also had a daughter before going off to war, and had to deal with not being able to have her due to his physical condition. December 9, 2007, Blaylock could not take it anymore and took his own life.
http://www.army.mil/article/84928/
This article talks about Military services do to help with PTSD. The care for PTSD is standard throughout all VA centers. The standardization helps the soldier’s level of trust. 5%-25% of combat soldiers suffer from PTSD. The treatment process is a “patient-centered care”, so the patient feels completely comfortable and can trust the caretakers. Most soldiers with PTSD do not seek help, so the point of this program is for them to feel comfortable and seek the help they need.
Post – traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that people go through after experiencing a highly stressful situation or living through and seeing a dangerous event. PTSD is common in war veterans after they come home when they are adjusting from living in dangerous conditions and under a lot of stress to trying to adapt to normal life.
ReplyDeletehttp://articles.cnn.com/2008-10-24/health/ptsd.struggle_1_ptsd-post-traumatic-stress-anxiety-disorder?_s=PM:HEALTH
In this article veterans talked about normal situations could bring back memories of the war in Iraq. They could be walking through a mall and the whole time they are eyeing everyone because they don’t know what everyone intentions are or if they are going to hurt them. PTSD for the veterans can cause them to have severe anxiety issues, go through depression and become alcoholics. They suffer from little sleep because they don’t want to relive the experiences in their dreams and often can become very violent only because they are so used to defending themselves. In 2004 they said that one out of six veterans from Iraq or Afghanistan suffers from PTSD.
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/05/signs-of-progress-against-ptsd/
This article talks about the steps that are being taken to help soldiers prevent or deal with PTSD. Common treatments are psychotherapy, medications or both. Most commonly in the past years soldiers have been prescribed to taking medicines like Zoloft and Paxil to do with their problems. Richard J. McNally says “As a society we’re much more aware of these issues than ever before.” Back in the day they didn’t know much about it so medicine was the only solution, now the “Department of Veterans Affairs have established programs to ensure soldiers receive the best treatment possible.” One common program is the comprehensive soldier fitness program and battlemind training. The battlemind training program helps veterans sort through their emotions and realize what they are going through is normal in re-adjusting to the society back at home. After four months soldiers that underwent this treatment turned out better then soldiers that underwent the Army’s standard post-deployment program.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a condition developed when a person expierences flashbacks from a particular traumatic event such as war, watching the death of a loved one, or experiencing a sudden loss. Many soldier whom witnessed events and were put under extreme stress, have a difficult time coping when they return to the states. In the article, it says a study has been taken of some of the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Active duty combat troops were questioned, in which Iraqi soldiers had double the percentage of PTSD than that of those in Afghanistan. The ones tested from Iraq experienced more combat than those tested from Afghanistan. It went on to say that it is difficult to compare the percentages to the one who served in Vietnam due to the lack of testing after Vietnam.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5334479/ns/health-mental_health/t/returning-soldiers-suffers-ptsd/
In the article for treating those with PTSD, it talks about the various options a person has for help. One may medications like Trazadone, anti-depressents, or Xanax. Another type of treatment is called Psychotherapy (“talk therapy”), where one converses with a therapist to talk through situation to better understand the situation and validify the reactions and circumstances. Another type of support offered are groups of veterans that meet to talk about what they are going through. Prevention efforts are rising due to the rising issue. Some facilities have began to offer debriefing programs, in which helps soldiers get accustomed to a normal life back home.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0901/p1035.html
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder that some people get after seeing or living through a dangerous event. War Veterans and survivors of a serious or dangerous events are likely to have PTSD.
ReplyDeletehttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-12-20/news/ct-met-iraqwar-ptsd-20111220_1_steve-nardizzi-ptsd-iraq-and-afghanistan
This article talks about a former marine named James Dahan. Dahan returned from Iraq seven years ago. But the horrors of war followed him home. One night when there was a power outage at Dahan's apartment, it immediately reminded Dahan of the times when he was at war. He was so tense and anxious that he even stood guard over his sleeping son. All that was going through Dahans mind, was that there were enemies that were out to get him. When Dahan same home, it was mandatory to get surgery. He needed reconstructive surgery and was diagnosed with traumatic brain injury.
http://www.military.com/benefits/veterans-health-care/posttraumatic-stress-disorder-overview.html
People who suffer from PTSD often have reoccuring nightmares, flashbacks, difficulty sleeping, and feeling emotionally numb.
To help soldiers who are having difficulty living normal lives, The PTSD resolution charity was established with three objectives. The first objective is to treat any veterans and reservists with mental health difficulties. The second objective is bettering ways of treatment for stress-related problems of ex-services people. The third objective is to educate the public in the nature, causes and potential cures for these problems. This charity helps soldiers cope with PTSD by therapy sessions, using a combination of different techniques, such as, ‘deep relaxation’, ‘imaginal exposure’, where a patient is asked to imagine the feared situation; and ‘cognitive reconstruction.' These therapists will work hard to help soldiers get adjusted back to society so that they could live a normal life.
http://iava.org/content/post-traumatic-stress-disorder
ReplyDeleteIn this article it talks about how most vets, if not all of them, come home with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how it’s hard for them to go back to living a normal life style. It’s hard for them to sleep at night because they feel like they always need to be on guard or they have nightmares or maybe even flashbacks that make them feel like they are back in the war. It also says that when they are out in public there could be sounds or smells that could set them off and they are continuously scanning through crowds for threats. Sometimes they will, out of the blue, verbally or even physically attack someone if something makes them feel like they are threatened or back in Afghanistan or Iraq. Their survival basically depends on them being aware if something bad was going to happen.
http://www.anh-usa.org/post-traumatic-stress-in-the-armed-forces---a-call-to-help-our-troops/
In this article it talks about helping our troops cope with PTSD. There are many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who currently seek treatment for PTSD. PTSD is a biological condition where one could act out in violence. The Pentagon has invested at least 300 million dollars into the research on PTSD. This is expected to help the troops as well as civilians. USA Today and Time Magazine report that 12% of Iraq troops and 17% of Afghanistan troops take psychiatric prescription drugs. The Pentagon has allowed the use of certain medications in combat troops. The use of these drugs helps the soldiers to cope with more frequent deployments, which saves the military from having to train new soldiers. Some health professionals think that use of these medications has contributed to high suicide rates among our soldiers.
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/31/vets-d31.html
ReplyDeleteThis article explains the rising percentage of homeless war veterans. There are many problems that contribute to homelessness of war veterans. Problems like affordable housing, lack of jobs, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD). These factors make it hard for a war veteran to get back into society and live in a home off the streets. All these men and women learned in war are total opposite of what society is like in the United States are like. The Veteran's Administration(V.A.) is trying to get war veterans off the street and live a good life for the service they served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/21/nearly-30-of-vets-treated-by-v-a-have-ptsd.html
This article shows the efforts the Veteran's Administration have finally started to help war veterans get back into society. Investments in this administration have increased by a lot to make recovery for veterans better. With these investments the V.A. hired more than 4,000 mental health professionals. This gives much more access to the veterans that suffer from PTSD and need help to cope with it. The V.A. instead of throwing drugs at these PTSD victims try to get involved with the veterans and help them on a personal level.
http://www.anothersource.org/ptsd_1.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is about a soldier that had come home from Iraq in March 2004, and finds himself fighting hiw own war of P.T.S.D. His emotions that he feels are very real to him, meaning his anxiety and anger that go on in his mind. He had fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, he was a former military policeman. It was the use of snipers, IED's and motar attacks that had kept him on the edge. He lost his reactions to his emotions, no more feeling. He couldn't find himself in trying to deal with the struggle of P.T.SD. he had going on with him.
http://www.ryot.org/opinion-we-must-help-our-vets-overcome-ptsd/47038
This article is about the Armed Services health providers and the VA that seem to have a tightly controlled dose of medication, that is formed to not be abused. While the other pills that the vetrans take have a wide area of different effects on the brain. And also just control the mood and the vetrans depressive disorders. But the Armed Services health providers along with the VA believe that there is more that can be done to help the vetrans rather than just let them rely on pills.
http://iava.org/content/post-traumatic-stress-disorder
ReplyDeleteThis article is about a iraq vet who has returned home and now has PSTD. PSTD is most commonly known as post traumatic stress disorder, alot of former army soldier have this whenever they come out of war and transition into a completely normal life style as an everyday individual. So many different things can trigger this disorder in the wrong way; something as simple as certain smells, and sounds can "set them off". This young iraq vet, after returning home remembers that just by being on the highway he was very cautious of people on the side of the road making sure they werent threats. Being in the army fighting for everyones freedom and lives as well as your own makes you very alert of every little thing around you so i doon't blame these men and women for going through such things. Now a days, that our tech is so advanced that pstd is now treatable, seeing specialist to help cope with everything and teach you to forget is the best thing for someone with this disease.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/post_traumatic_stress_disorder_symptoms_treatment.htm
Doctors and specialists say that ptsd isnt a sign of weakness but a way to cope with a traumatic event in someones life. Nobody ever said it was a good way nor do they choose it but if its there you have to work around it; most people with ptsd refuse to get help because they dont want to think about it but the sooner its confronted the sooner it is overcome. Its important to seek the right quidence and help from those who can really help numb the memories. Sometimes you just have to except whats done is done and theres not much you can do to change that except come to peace with it and forget about it which is what most stride to do.
This article talks about many veterans whon suffer from PTSD also known as post traumatic stress disorder. Research shows that half of all veterans with PTSD have been aressted at one time. This article isn't saying that all war veterans have PTSD, but many, if not more than half do. There's many things that can cause veterans to commit crimes, not just war related things. Even growing up in a violent home can cause that. PTSD changes your life forever. You can't go through a normal day without stressing, or having major anxiety. Once you have PSTD, it doesn't really just go away either.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.brainlinemilitary.org/content/2008/07/ptsd-fact-sheet-frequently-asked-questions.html?gclid=CLfNz9rg17QCFQSqnQodGCgAJw
This article is explaining how the armed services and the VA have medication to deal with PTSD, and it says that the standardization of the treatment helps the soldier trust the system. Even if the veteran is not a member of a specific orginization, they can still request the assistance. It helps them deal with PTSD, and helps them get through the day. No matter what, PTSD will never just go away, after seeing the things that people do, or going through what they do, that vision will always be in their head no matter what kind of help they get.
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ReplyDeletehttp://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/04/14224047-psychological-toll-of-wars-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-mounts-as-veterans-return-home?lite
ReplyDeleteSergeant Louis Loftus realized he had PTSD after coming home from Afghanistan and slowly isolating himself from his family. Looking at certain pictures and seeing different thing made him cry and remember people he knew in the military that had died or been killed. He started to suffer from anxiety and a sleep disorder and had nightmares often. He goes through periods of depression and drank heavily during those times. His depression and anxiety affected his relationship with his wife and he began to abuse her. After he was charged with domestic violence and arrested for dui and fighting with police he finally decided to start trying to get his life together.
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/an-effort-aims-to-use-biomarkers-to-pinpoint-p-t-s-d/
In an effort to stop or lessen overlooked veterans of the war the military is beginning to investigate if their own doctors in the war have been under diagnosing soldiers of their ptsd symptoms. They are getting universities to study the effects of the war and what ex-soldiers can do to cope with their ptsd symptoms. They are looking to make sure all soldiers discharged from the military are correctly and carefully examined for any ptsd symptoms and that they are taken care of properly whether it be medication or counseling and therapy.
1. http://iava.org/content/post-traumatic-stress-disorder
ReplyDeletePTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is an injury to a person that causes certain sights and sounds to send them into terror. It can also cause mood swings and fits of severe anger. People who experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are very observant of their surroundings and are constantly on the lookout for something that may threaten them. Every day activities, such as going out into a public place may become very stressful for people who suffer from this condition. This disorder is brought on by traumatic experiences, such as fighting in a war. One soldier from this article says that he is constantly looking for threats on the side of the road as he drives down the highway because of what he experienced while fighting in the war in Iraq. Other common symptoms of the disorder that are listed in this article are: Difficulty concentrating, apathy, feelings of detachment, loss of appetite, hyper vigilance, exaggerated startle response, sleep disturbances, and irritability. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is however, treatable. Many veterans are able to see specialists to cure their condition.
2. http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/19759773/2012/10/08/war-vet-creates-service-to-help-other-vets-with-ptsd
In this article, a soldier who fought in Afghanistan, developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder while in service, and as a result was released from his duties. When he returned home, the problem escalated to the point that it caused him to get a divorce. He then met the woman he is currently married to, and got to know his kids. He realized that spending time with his family and having their love and support helped his condition become less serious. He then decided to create a non-profit organization called Families and Soldiers Together, FAST. Starting this program also was beneficial to his healing. The goal of the program is to help veterans realize how important family can be. It provides an opportunity for family members to provide support and walk through the veteran’s recovery with them by offering several family activities in which military families can participate.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/04/iraq-afghanistan-war-veterans-combat-trauma_n_1645701.html
ReplyDeleteMost people that go off to war see and observe a lot of violence and killing. People shoot and kill other people in the war which leave these people that observe it with bad visions. These people suffer from PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In this article, Natasha Young, has been to war twice. Natasha was a Marine and had a very hard and stressful job. Six of the Marines were killed by bomb blasts which she observed as well as the commander committing suicide. This caused Natasha to suffer from PTSD.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/07/11/dogs-help-vets-deal-with-ptsd.html
Some ways people who suffer from PTSD cope with the disorder is to go to therapy, take medicine, etc. But some veterans who suffer from PTSD arent the type of people who like to talk about their problems, like the vet in this article. Instead of going to therapy she uses a dog to help cope with PTSD. Zoey, the dog can tell when something is wrong with Aragon and distracts him with playful antics. "Zoey notices that I'm getting upset, and she starts tugging away at the leash," he said. "She begins to play and jump and forces me focus on her. It takes my mind off the problem." I think this is an amazing way for war veterans to cope with PTSD because i love dogs and i know that they can keep people in a good mood.
1) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/04/iraq-afghanistan-war-veterans-combat-trauma_n_1645701.html
ReplyDeleteIn the article i found it talks about a women soldier, Staff Sgt. Young, who went through many troubles and difficulties while in Iraq. She went to roadside IED's and disabled them. through the job many of her friends were killed. in one incident she lost a friend and then that night got to camp to find out that their commander had taken his own life. While being at home the trauma was worse then being in the war first hand. Day to day depression and stressfullness surround those who served for our country. insomnia threatens most veterans at home.
2) http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Virtual-Reality-A-New-Therapy-for-PTSD-Victims-155415875.html
Like what we have learned in class, one samll break through to help veterans cope with ptsd is to put them back into the situations they were in before, but in a safe and secure area. using xbox games is a good cause and helps vicgtims to cope with what they have been through because going through those tense and blood-pumping moments is all they know. its like they are so used to killing it is natural to them. its as easy as drikning water for most people. so a medical breakthrough for the military is letting them be in the surrounding theyre used to be in but in a safer place.
Your first article needs to be an article based around current veterans from the Afghan or Iraq war suffering from PTSD. You need to summarize the article please do not plagiarize. I will know.
ReplyDeleteYour second article needs to be an article that talks about the current efforts of the armed forces to help soldiers cope with PTSD.
http://iava.org/content/post-traumatic-stress-disorder
In this article I found that many things which can thought of as not really a big deal are actually very significant when returning home from overseas. If you want to really understand this disorder you must know what exactly PTSD stands for which is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is a relatively knew disorder only within the past hundred years considering that wars have been going on forever. It is quite common though and should not be taken lightly. Symptoms of this may include irritablity and feelings of being actually in combat. One of the things the article had to say is that you have to be on focused the entire time you a re in combat over there and when you come back it is difficult to return to normal life even. To make the pain worse some dont even get good jobs and we should be honoring what they have done for us overseas.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/22/11744723-veteran-fights-va-to-keep-ptsd-diagnosis?lite
The article i looked at was not really focused on the large scope but rather how it is fight to keep PTSD and the politics behind it. The government would rather have it not be a disease because they wouldnt have to diagnose and spend money but people are fighting because its the right thing. Many are either not properly treated or not treated at all or just given medicine to help them temporarily cope but not give long term solutions. Part of it to was that the Veterans Affair was not adequately prepared for the influx of people during around 2003 when some troops were returning.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) is an anxiety disorder and associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/31/vets-d31.html
In this article above it talks about how veterans who have fought in wars and been diagnosed with ptsd come home usually to face homelessness or end up losing their home eventually because of their disorder. It also mentioned that younger soldier, most likely the ones who fought in the Afghanistan war are more likely to become homeless because of their young age and the psychological effects of what they seen during the war plays a major toll on them. This kind of thing happens because there are not enough help and treatment for soldier coming home from the war which just worsens their ptsd.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/us/veterans-affairs-dept-to-increase-mental-health-staffing.html?ref=posttraumaticstressdisorder&_r=0
However, Measures being taken to help war stricken veterans are on the uprise. Veteran center all around the country are taking measures to increase their staff in order to keep up with the amount of victims coming home from war. They are also bettering these center and making PTSD war victims a major point. Our Veterans fought for our freedom and risk their life's and now its time to give back to them.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5334479/ns/health-mental_health/t/returning-soldiers-suffers-ptsd/#.UO5H5G81l8E
ReplyDeletePost-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a type of anxiety disorder we have been learning for the past couple days in class. It can occur after you've seen or experienced a traumatic event that involved the threat of injury or death in your life. Most of the soldiers in the army were put under extreme cases of stress which slowly accumulated to the development of this disorder. According to MSNBC 1 in 8 soldiers are reported to have PTSD. Many symptoms the soldiers experienced were symptoms of flashbacks, nightmares, irritability, trouble concentrating and sleeplessness. The percentage of those with PTSD was greater in Iraq than Afghanistan because the rate of combat in Iraq was much greater.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/11/gannett-dogs-help-veterans-cope-ptsd-111212/
Although the outcome from PTSD can be severe there are many ways that people are approaching the help of the soldiers impacted. According to army times some soldiers use trained dogs as ways to help they're condition of PTSD. Many soldiers feel that with the company of a dog they can go out into the world more confidently.