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Suicide In The Military

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The suicide rate in the military is rising each and every day. Suicide behavior is an very important issue in the military and since 2001 the suicide rate has rose dramatically among our military members (Ramchand, 2011). The military and veterans have an important suicide risk factors and since late 2001 the U.S. military forces have had conflicts around the globe, but mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan, and there has been roughly 5.2 million people that have PTSD during a year, and about 7.8% of Americans experience this some point in their lives (Army, 2010). There are some findings that are unbalanced of the lack in integration, while reinforcing that will help us improve the quality of our programs, and they have a fit perspective to suggest …show more content…

It extends to stress from the deployments and the family itself, which can be different way to be increased like divorce rates, spouse or even child abuse, there is troubling manifestation in the suicide across the Department of Defense. It can affect anyone coming from war, abuse victims, traumatized like in a crime, natural disasters, or even serious accidents, PTSD is different from a child to an adolescent. PTSD can be developed at any age, like children might be having upsetting dreams of an actual trauma that happened in their life, they often re-live these traumas in their minds. They also may lose interest in what they used to enjoy, just like adults do but children many find it hard to believe in and what is what to grow up, or often complain about stomach pains or headaches. These events have so much stress on an adult or even a child, they have flash-back episodes, they even have nightmares daily. Adolescents go through therapy which there are a lot of more medications, one which can Diazepam, which can help with the rapid eye movement when the trauma takes place, shows that through 2007 (Army, 2010). Sleep medications increased with the number of deployments for all services, and with Sertraline (Zoloft) they would take 50 mg to 200 mg daily, with Paroxetine (Paxil) they would take 20 to 60 mg daily, and with …show more content…

Suicide behavior is a very important issue in the military and since 2001 the suicide rate has rose dramatically among our military members (Ramchand, 2011). The military and veterans have an important suicide risk factors and since late 2001 the U.S. military forces have had conflicts around the globe, but mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan, and there has been roughly 5.2 million people that have PTSD during a year, and about 7.8% of Americans experience this some point in their lives (Army, 2010). There are some findings that are unbalanced of the lack in integration, while reinforcing that will help us improve the quality of our programs, and they have a fit perspective to suggest on a different understanding the approach to the suicide in the military, and in the civilian society

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