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PTSD And Veterans

PTSD And Veterans. By: Jeffrey Hart. Definition. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) - a mental condition that can affect a person who has had a very shocking or difficult experience (such as fighting in a war) and that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, etc. Focus. Treatment

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PTSD And Veterans

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  1. PTSD And Veterans By: Jeffrey Hart

  2. Definition Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) - a mental condition that can affect a person who has had a very shocking or difficult experience (such as fighting in a war) and that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, etc.

  3. Focus Treatment Why is the process for treatment bad? Why don’t patients seem to be getting better? What are doctors doing wrong? What can society do to fix this issue? What is being done now to fix this?

  4. Is there anything good about the current treatment? • Veterans do receive post war support • PTSD vets and other disabled vets considered main priority • Veterans suffering PTSD get support such as: • Money • Programs provided

  5. What’s Wrong Programs aren’t giving the vets the proper help required to make them better Many therapist think anxiety management is the answer to treating PTSD Veterans continue to have symptoms after receiving attention Prescribing unnecessary drugs Mixing treatments

  6. Quick Stats The first graph shows the amount of Vets who are increasingly being diagnosed with PTSD. The second graph is showing how much of a drug that is not recommended, thst is being used to help Vets feel better.

  7. What Helps? • Moral support • Family • Friends • Doctors • People who can relate, but not necessarily been in war • Speaking to other people who also went to war

  8. How to fix it Have doctors learn better practices Get people who can relate to assist veterans in getting better Open better and easily attainable facilities Give these vets the resources they need to get to these facilities

  9. The Now Government has recently issued plans to help veterans receive the help they need People such like Chrisanne Gordon are dedicating time to help veterans Organization called The Ressurecting Lives Foundation which Chrisanne dedicated retirement funds to.

  10. In The End Treatment isn’t the best Improvements being made to assist vets Eventually the treatment for PTSD and like illnesses should be better People are trying today to do what they can

  11. Bibliography Yule, William. Post-traumatic stress disorders: concepts and therapy. Chichester: Wiley, 1999. Print. Gordon, Chrisanne. "Why Medicine Alone Can't Help Our Veterans." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 4 Dec. 2013. Web. 4 Apr. 2014. 26, June. "Judge rules against VA court order." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2008. Web. 4 Apr. 2014 Shebala, Marley . "Veteran to Veteran: Seek help for PTSD." Navajo Times 47.22 (2008): 1. ProQuest. Web. 4 Apr. 2014. Belsher, Bradley , QuyenTiet, DonnGarvert, and Craig Rosen. "Compensation and Treatment: Disability Benefits and Outcomes of U.S. Veterans Receiving Residential PTSD Treatment." Journal of Traumatic Stress 25 (2012): n. pag. Wiley Online Library. Web. 4 Apr. 2014. "Fact Sheet: President Obama Signs Executive Order to Improve Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families." The White House. The White House, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2014. Caplan, Paula J.. When Johnny and Jane come marching home. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011. Print.

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