Veterans Under Stress: The Unique Factors that Contributed to the Development of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among Vietnam Veterans
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Authors
Blumenthal, Deborah
Issue Date
1994
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
I had the opportunity over the past ten weeks to meet and
interact with some of the soldiers who served in Vietnam.
Originally, I had intended to focus my senior thesis on the Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder that frequently developed after the War
and how PTSD may be exacerbated by a history of child sexual
abuse. However, my clinical observation of the men on the
psychiatric :unit of the Veterans affairs Hospital (VA), led me in a
slightly different direction. I was particularly moved and intrigued
by the patients who were veterans of the Vietnam War. On my first
day in the morning group* I witnessed some of the Vietnam
veterans who gave testimonies about their War experiences. It was
evident that the impact of their experience in Vietnam still remains
today. Through primarily unobtrusive observation and some
informal contact with the patients, I was able to gain insight into the
unique differences that the war presented and the inability of these
men to fit back into society after this experience.
Description
iii, 105 p.
Citation
Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
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