Military suicide is an increasing concern for Western militaries. In this article, using a qualitative media analysis, we introduce the military suicide equation as a metanarrative and analytic tool for understanding discourse on military suicides. This metanarrative— overseas service + post-traumatic ...
several airborne units that experienced some of the fiercest fighting of the war also reported some of the lowest psychiatric casualty rates in the U.S. military. Combat units typically suffer one psychiatric casualty for every physical one, and during Israel...
Tine Molendijk, Eric-Hans Kramer, Désirée Verweij. (2015) Conflicting Notions on Violence and PTSD in the Military: Institutional and Personal Narratives of Combat-Related Illness. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry /Molendijk, T, Kramer, E. & Verweij, D. (2016). Conflicting notions on ...
Fewer than half of the individuals who screened positive for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after serving with the US military in Iraq or
Divergence of PTSD and narcolepsy associated with military traumaAIDSGAY MENHEALTH BELIEF MODELRISK BEHAVIORSELF-EFFICACYSEXUAL BEHAVIORThe occurrence of vivid dreams and hallucinatory-like visualizations in PTSD, has suggested a hypothesis of pathological involvement of REM sleep mechanisms. The ...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a serious medical condition and is likely seen among veterans and active duty military and to them the 4th is not necessarily a celebration. Medical Doctor, Fay Ferrell says, “July the fourth and other holidays and the fireworks are not a happy time for most...
The scars of war take many forms: the limb lost, the illness brought on by a battlefield exposure, and, for some, the psychological toll of encountering an extremely traumatic event. "PTSD Compensation and Military Service" presents a thorough assessment of how the U.S. Department of Veterans...
In aJournal of Traumatic Stressstudy of military veterans, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) veterans were twice as likely to have experienced sexual assault while in the military compared with non-LGB veterans. In addition, the experience of military sexual assault was directly linked to the pre...
Military sexual trauma (MST) is reported by 20–40% of female veterans. The purpose of this study of female veterans referred for MST treatment was to examine the relationships between lifetime trauma (physical, sexual, and psychological) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, physi...
However, many military personnel and veterans do not access this treatment due to barriers in attending weekly treatment over longer periods of time and therefore do not receive its benefits. The RESTORE trial showed the intensive treatment was equally effective in significantly reducing symptoms of P...