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In World War II, the trauma of battle and the transition back into civilized society were eased somewhat when veterans were welcomed home as heroes. But Vietnam vets were vilified.
Many Vietnam veterans suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in unprecedented numbers, with PTSD affecting as many as 15.2% of Vietnam veterans. Referred to as the first "pharmacological war" in history, the U.S. war in Vietnam was so called because of the unprecedented level of psychoactive drugs that U.S. servicemen used.
The paper also concluded that this finding means the veteran suicide rate is outpacing the suicide rate among non-veterans for the first time since the Vietnam War. 7. The veteran suicide rate is ...
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that 830,000 Vietnam War veterans had symptoms of PTSD. [261] 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.
He has written two books, Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character (1994) [12] and Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming (2002), [13] which discuss PTSD by reference to the experiences of American veterans of the Vietnam War, and the experiences depicted in the Iliad and the Odyssey.
And it worries people like Marsha Four, who was a combat nurse in Vietnam and knows war trauma intimately. She eventually found purpose and solace running a veterans center in Philadelphia, before she retired last year to work with the Vietnam Veterans of America. Vietnam veterans like Four have their own struggles. But most of them served only ...