Emotional Aftermath Of The Persian Gulf War
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Author | : Robert J. Ursano |
Publisher | : American Psychiatric Pub |
Total Pages | : 602 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780880486521 |
Emotional Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War explores the impact of war from a unique perspective -- it addresses not only the effect of trauma on soldiers in combat but also the toll war takes on families and communities as a whole. In this book, experts from the Department of Defense (including Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense, who provides the preface), the Veterans Administration, the National Institute of Mental Health, Israel Defense Forces, and academia provide an integrated look at the psychiatric and psychological effects of war and the treatment of war-related stress and psychiatric disorders. The authors focus on the experience of servicemembers and of their families in response to deployment, separation, and loss, and reintegration after the war. They discuss the treatment of combat casualties, those with and without psychiatric illness, who were rapidly returned home still in the acute stage of their injuries. The authors emphasize providing the best support, both medically and psychologically, for military personnel and their families for the essential mental health and effectiveness of the fighting force and the improved quality of life of individual people. The special needs of families and of reserve and guard members are considered, and models of community outreach programs for coping with the stressors of war are discussed. Unique in terms of the role that technology played -- including live TV coverage, Patriot missiles, and "smart" bombs -- the Gulf War was a part of the day-to-day lives of the fighting forces and their families, communities, and nations.
Author | : Zahava Solomon |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2013-11-11 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1475798687 |
I n the wake of an earlier book (Solomon, 1993), this new work, Coping with War-Induced Stress: The Gulf War and the Israeli Response, promises to make Zahava Solomon a modern maven with respect to the psychologi cal effects of war. Dr. Solomon is a high-ranking officer, serving as a psychiatric epidemiologist in the Mental Health Department of the Is raeli Defense Forces Medical Corps. She also teaches at Tel Aviv Univer sity. The earlier book dealt with the reactions of the Israeli Defense Forces to the 1982 war in Lebanon, which divided the population of Israel concerning its wisdom and justification. The new book deals with the emotional consequences of the United Nations effort against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait. Because Israel agreed not to participate actively so as not to endanger the fragile Arab coalition against Iraq, it was in a sense a nonwar-as Solomon refers to it-yet with many fea tures of a war. Although they had quite limited casualties, largely in the Tel Aviv area, the Israelis faced the actuality of damaging Scud missile attacks and the threat that these missiles could not only be targeted to much of Israel but also carry poison gas to other Israeli cities. Solomon has written a fascinating book about this crisis in Israeli life.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 1996-10-10 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309175526 |
In January 1995 the Institute of Medicine released a preliminary report containing initial findings and recommendations on the federal government's response to reports by some veterans and their families that they were suffering from illnesses related to military service in the Persian Gulf War. The committee was asked to review the government's means of collecting and maintaining information for assessing the health consequences of military service and to recommend improvements and epidemiological studies if warranted. This new volume reflects an additional year of study by the committee and the full results of its three-year effort.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
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This report investigates the possibility (i.e., that stress might have played a role in some of the undiagnosed illnesses among Persian Gulf War veterans (PGWV)), but the task is complex because the relationship between stress and physical and psychological symptoms is complex. The physical and psychological interact with each other, serving as both cause and effect. Individual differences make the task of teasing out cause from effect even more difficult. Two soldiers exposed to the same combat situation may react very differently. Also, how they react is shaped, in part, by cultural influences, which vary over time. The medical profession itself adds yet another layer of complexity. Doctors do not practice medicine in a vacuum. They are part of a culture and a profession, each of which may shape the way they respond to a patient's symptoms. In some instances, these anthropological influences have led to a search for a singular cause of the undiagnosed symptoms of Gulf War veterans. Furthermore, the veterans themselves are subject to cultural influences that condition their own responses to their illnesses.
Author | : Committee to Review the Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1996-10-24 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309589290 |
In January 1995 the Institute of Medicine released a preliminary report containing initial findings and recommendations on the federal government's response to reports by some veterans and their families that they were suffering from illnesses related to military service in the Persian Gulf War. The committee was asked to review the government's means of collecting and maintaining information for assessing the health consequences of military service and to recommend improvements and epidemiological studies if warranted. This new volume reflects an additional year of study by the committee and the full results of its three-year effort.
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Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Post-traumatic stress disorder |
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Author | : Nina Eckert |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 2008-09-18 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 3640169883 |
Essay from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,00, University of Regensburg (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Hauptseminar US Foreign Policy, language: English, abstract: With the End of the Cold War, the world should become safer. But instead of a more peaceful decade, the years following the Fall of the Berlin Wall were characterized by the same issues as before, like international terrorism or the endangered environment. More dangerously, new, more alarming problems emerged, such as nuclear capability of rogue states and exceedingly brutal local rivalries, where the most powerful nations of the world were seemingly helpless and sometimes experienced a nightmare, like the UN mission in Somalia. The first crisis in the Post- Cold War Era was the Persian Gulf War, where for the first time the U.S. President was able to act without paying too much attention to Russia. On the other side, he was aware of the need of consultation with other states. So Bush was wise enough to avoid the same mistakes other American presidents had done before him, e.g. Lyndon Johnson in the Vietnam War. Attention shall be given not only to the war`s aftermath, neccessity and success but also to its significance for U.S. foreign policy at the beginning of the Post-Cold War Era. [...]
Author | : Kevin C. Newton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-09-22 |
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While extensive research has addressed the prevalence and range of health issues affecting Gulf War veterans, it has been marked by definitional, methodological, and political issues, and has thus far failed to yield a clear definitive treatment for Gulf War Syndrome (GWS). This book is based on the survey and research which indicates a significant correlation between toxicant exposure in the Gulf War and a decline in service members physical functioning and emotional well-being. The results indicate the need for further study on these topics, and corresponding recommendations for future research and changes to policies that are currently in place for Gulf War Veterans.
Author | : David H. Marlowe |
Publisher | : RAND Corporation |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
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The overall patterns of research findings demonstrate that stress-such as that which characterized Gulf War deployment, combat, and return home-is a contributing factor to many illnesses. This book argues for greater understanding of the complexity of symptoms and potential causes of combat-related stress.
Author | : Stanley Renshon |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0822971593 |
In these original essays, widely respected experts analyze the personal psychologies and public belief systems of the individuals and nations involved in the Gulf War - from George Bush and Saddam Hussein to the peoples of the United States, Israel, and Arab countries. Approaching the events of 1990-1991 from the perspectives of psychology, history, mass communications, and political science, these scholars examine the dynamic relationship of events, behavior, and perceptions.Part I deals with the psychological and political origins of the war; part II focuses on George Bush, Saddam Hussein, and the nature of their leadership and judgement; part III discusses the battle for public perceptions and beliefs waged by both sides; part IV analyzes the results of that battle as revealed by the understanding of the U.S., Israeli, and Arab publics; and part V deals with the war's consequences. A postscript by Stanley Renshon covers military actions in the Gulf in late 1992 and early 1993.