What if war was no longer a terrible experience? ... If war were to erupt in the states, this procedure would cause the death of family members and loved ones to be just another memory. ... For example, rape victims and war veterans would be able to receive positive benefits. One war veteran said in a conversation with Pitman, " if Vietnam was only a memory I would be OK. ... Statistics say, "More than 960,000--or 30 percent--of our 3.1 million Vietnam theater veterans have been affected by PTSD at one time or another, and an estimated 479,000 are still suffering from the disorder" (Jontz ...

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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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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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Diagnosing PTSD The search to understand PTSD began long before it first appeared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) after the Vietnam War. ... Substance abuse with PTSD is especially high amongst war veterans. ...

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