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Essay / The Epidemic of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
The human brain is extremely complex, and top scientists and surgeons still struggle to understand how it works. It's amazing how the brain can process information and help a person solve problems, but another part of the brain can hold memories. Some are good - like the memory of a family vacation or vacation - but there are also frightening memories that can haunt a person until they die, if they don't get help. For the longest time, researchers have focused on combatant PTSD, for very good reasons, but now a problem has emerged among civilians, and they have not focused on the growth of PTSD right here in daily life. ordinary people. Soldiers are not the only ones affected; civilians, men, women and children, can be affected by the things they see every day. It could be the paramedic who is first on the scene or the child who witnesses a robbery go wrong and a loved one is caught in the crossfire. Regardless, these people are just as important to American society as the soldiers. The importance of the military is huge, and yes I agree that we should help soldiers who suffer from PTSD, I even have my own personal connections. My uncle went to Vietnam for the Vietnam War and when he came back he was paranoid and afraid of anything that reminded him of Vietnam. Like so many other soldiers then and now, he suffers from PTSD because of what he saw overseas. The only problem with helping soldiers is that we don't focus on others who also need help overcoming their PTSD. There are many research projects on how to help soldiers overcome their PTSD, but there is a limited number of research papers on PTSD on the civilian side. Researchers will only focus on certain things, and pr...... middle of article...... Dec 07 2013. Marais, Adele, et al. “Domestic violence among patients visiting general practitioners: prevalence, phenomenology and association with psychopathy.” » SAMJ South African Medical Journal89.6 (1999): 635-640. Internet. December 7, 2013. Schwarz, Eitan D. and Janice M. Kowalski. “Malignant memories: PTSD in children and adults after a school shooting.” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 30.6 (1991): 936-944. Internet. December 7, 2013. “Survivor Care.” » LOVE146. LOVE146. Internet. December 6, 2013. Tarrier, Nicholas and Lynsey Gregg. “Suicide risk among civilian patients with PTSD.” » Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 39.8 (2004): 655-661. Internet. December 7, 2013.The Amazing Spider-Man. Real. Mark Webb. Perf. Andrew Garfield, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, EmmaStone, Denis Leary and Sally Field. Sony Pictures, 2012. DVD. December 7. 2013.