The Vietnam War was the longest and perhaps, the most controversial war in American history. The war lasted from 1955 to 1975; U.S. involvement began in 1961, with 60,000 American servicemen killed and approximately 2 million Vietnamese death (Over view of the Vietnam War). ... Vietnam was one of America's most dangerous and controversial wars. "The risk of being killed in combat in Vietnam was seven times greater than the risk in World War ll" (Hayman and Sommers-Flagan and Parsons 363). Vietnam veterans were the first to fight in an American war that is not recalled with prid...

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War veterans are also affected by adverse effects of stresses on combat. ... For instance, approximately 15% of men and 9% of women who were Vietnamese veterans were found to be affected by chronic PTSD few years after the Vietnam War and these rates are indeed alarming (Irribarren, Prolo, Neagos, & Chiapelli, 2005). ...

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As tours get extended and back-to-back deployments to war zones accumulate, the outcome of such deployments on these families is of magnifying concern. ... They are simply thrust back into normal life, among their families within forty-eight hours of leaving the war zone. ... Many service members returning home from war are returning with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). ... In Vietnam, 58,000 soldiers were killed in action, while 120,000 soldiers committed suicide and more than forty years later, the suicide statistics have not improved at all, in fact, in Iraq and Afghanistan more sold...

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The mind has been known to hide away the details and memories of traumatic event, only to send them back at unexpected times and places, sometimes after years have passed triggered by some sound, sight, smell or even feeling. The mind can play tricks in a way that makes the recall just as disturbing...

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PTSD has been previously studied in cases involving only soldiers, now civilian personnel are being evaluated due to terror attacks, accidents, natural and civilian catastrophes, criminal assaults, and rape Strangely, PTSD was not developed until after the Vietnam War. ...

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More than half of all male Vietnam veterans and almost half of all female Vietnam veterans have experienced "clinically serious stress reaction symptoms. " PTSD has also been detected among veterans of other wars. Estimates of veterans, who experience PTSD, from the war in Afghanistan, are between 6 and 11%. ... The purpose of this study is to treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from the exposure of soldiers to various wars. ... Finally to avoid problems with any future military veterans, who may be at war now or preparing to deploy, it is pertinent to prime and s...

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In this article, authors conducted a research with women whose spouses were veterans of either Vietnam or Persian Golf wars and who showed the symptoms of PTSD. ... However, "war stories" were discouraged and in their stead researchers advised to try and get to the bottom of the feelings that women held. ...

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