Casey McLaughlin 2016-2017 Digital Notebook

PTSD and depression are the most common mental disorders when it comes to veterans. It is a common conception that they struggle with these disorders because of the traumatizing events of war, but annalists are beginning to believe it is the population they come home to that determines whether they contract the illness or not. 50% of the military veterans apply for PTSD compensation yet only 10% have seen combat. An explanation of this 40% of trauma-less American veterans getting PTSD would be their change of environment, from a unified platoon to a divided country at home. American veterans experience this at such a high rate versus in the Israeli army because Israel is a country immersed in war and its citizens as well, leading to a 1% PTSD rate. This division of their new environment is what is suspected to create this unforeseen development, which would explain the development of a trauma based disorder without seeing action in country.

Teens and Mental Health Today a speaker came to our class to talk about the mental health of teenagers. A mental disorder is defined as being something that affects a person's thinking, emotional state, and behavior It disrupts relationships, daily activities, and attendance Anxiety : An uncontrollable irrational fear Anxiety can be good, but it is bad when it it becomes uncontrollable and interferes with the quality of life      Symptoms: Physical    : pounding heart, short of breath, tremors, insomnia Emotional : irritability, restlessness, trouble concentrating Normal Anxiety  : just the normal fight or flight fear response Problem Anxiety : constant fear that is overwhelming General Anxiety: irrational worry and tension Social Anxiety: extremely self conscious Specific Phobias: irrational amount of fear for specific objects Panic Disorder: feelings of terror that can become physical Anxiety can be triggered or introduced by biological reasons, environmenta