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  2. Post-traumatic stress disorder - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that 830,000 Vietnam War veterans had symptoms of PTSD. [263] The National Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Study (NVVRS) found 15% of male and 9% of female Vietnam veterans had PTSD at the time of the study. Life-time prevalence of PTSD was 31% for males and 27% for females.

  3. Veterans benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder in the ...

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    However, younger veterans (age 55 and below) generally receive less in compensation benefits (plus any earned income) than their non-disabled counterparts earn via employment. For example, the "parity ratio" [b] for a 25-year-old veteran rated 100% disabled by PTSD is 0.75, and for a 35-year-old veteran rated 100% disabled by PTSD the ratio is ...

  4. Management of post-traumatic stress disorder - Wikipedia

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    Virtual Vietnam was used as a graduated exposure therapy treatment for Vietnam veterans meeting the qualification criteria for PTSD. A 50-year-old Caucasian male was the first veteran studied. The preliminary results concluded improvement post-treatment across all measures of PTSD and maintenance of the gains at the six-month follow up.

  5. United States in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 830,000 Vietnam veterans suffered some degree of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). [93] Vietnam veterans suffered from PTSD in unprecedented numbers, as many as 15.2% of Vietnam veterans, because the U.S. military had routinely provided heavy psychoactive drugs, including amphetamines, to American servicemen, which left them ...

  6. Vietnam veteran - Wikipedia

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    A Vietnam veteran is an individual who performed active military, naval, or air service in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. [ 1 ] New Zealand Army veteran Rob Munro (left), receiving a Mention-in-dispatch award from Governor-General Patsy Reddy for action in Vietnam.

  7. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    That gaiety hides a deeper, lasting pain at losing loved ones in combat. A 2004 study of Vietnam combat veterans by Ilona PIvar, now a psychologist the Department of Veterans Affairs, found that grief over losing a combat buddy was comparable, more than 30 years later, to that of bereaved a spouse whose partner had died in the previous six months.

  8. Post-traumatic stress disorder after World War II - Wikipedia

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    In 1980, the diagnosis of PTSD was added to the newly published DSM 3. Traumas during WWII led to the development of PTSD. A History of PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) was officially classified as a mental illness with the publication of the DSM 3 in 1980. However, you can trace records of PTSD symptoms back to ancient times.

  9. Journalist Suffers PTSD from Covering War in Gaza, 'Hell on ...

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    The job, which has him away from home for most of the year, has taken a toll on his mental health — he now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).