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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Returning veterans"”.
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Barriers to Civilian and Familial Acclimation for Returning Veterans
Reintegration is a hard process for any returning service member to go through. For a number of veterans reintegration into communities and families is a tumultuous time of adjustment where many barriers must be faced. Some of these barriers include relationship stability, employment barriers, and …
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Reintegration into Civilian Life among Returning Veterans: The Roles of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Stressor Exposure
… Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans. Schlossberg’s Transition Model was used as the conceptual framework to support the study on seven outcomes in four functional domains: (a) interpersonal functioning in terms of post-deployment social support, (b) vocational functioning in …
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"Songs to Soothe a Mother": Intertextuality and Intertribalism in Kiowa War Mother Songs
… their mothers, and later were performed to honor returning veterans. Through musical and linguistic elements, War Mother songs serve as an intertext of multiple pre-reservation songs and dances (War Journey, Scalp, and Victory), but also reflect changes in warfare and post-reservation lifestyle in …
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Characteristics of effective communicative partners for veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
… non-communicative characteristics of spouses of veterans with PTSD as discussed by the participants. Due to the exposure to traumatic events, language abilities of soldiers are often affected, commonly delaying the retrieval of memories, as well as analysis and production of everyday speech. …
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Veterans Using Mindfulness Practice To Cope With Trauma & Operational Stress Injuries
… distress due to military operations is impacting returning veterans mentally and physically. The purpose of exploring literature relating to veterans is to determine if mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) are beneficial in managing the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Data …
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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR MILITARY VETERANS WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
… Stress Disorder (PTSD) has affected millions of veterans who have served in the United States Military. PTSD causes severe impairments in one's mental health, and is correlated with homelessness, substance abuse, and unemployment. Recently, the United States Department Veterans Affairs has been …
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Shaping the Dream: A Survey of Post-World War II St. Petersburg, 1946-1963
… stood on the cusp of great change in 1946. Returning veterans sought jobs and housing, and St. Petersburg experienced its first major growth era since the real estate boom of the 1920s. The decade of the 1950s saw the city's population leap from 96,738 to 181,298, an 87 percent increase …
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"""Settling Down"": Domesticating World War II Veterans' Challenge to the Postwar Consensus"
… the processes that muted dissenting voices of returning World War II male veterans in the immediate postwar years. In open-ended responses to the large American Soldier survey conducted by government sociologists, many veterans anticipated problems of readjustment to a homefront from which they …
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The Four Major Education GI Bills: A Historical Study of the Shifting National Purposes and Accompanying Changes in Economic Value to Veterans
… purpose of extending the national or state will. Veterans' benefits for defenders of the U.S. emerged during the American colonial period. College benefits began after WWII with the GI Bill of Rights. This study examines the variations in purpose for nationally established educational benefits for …
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Alone at home: post-9/11 military veterans and American housing and homelessness policy by Kerry Anna Spitzer.
The social safety net available to veterans is far more robust than for civilians in the United States, however, veterans are still more likely to experience homelessness than their peers. As the number of veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continues to increase, it is essential that …
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Perceived Deployment Stressors And Well-Being Among Veterans Of Iraq And Afghanistan
… relationship to the health and well-being of veterans upon return home. Therefore, a more complete understanding of the deployment experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is needed in order to have an adequate understanding of the impact of deployment on returning veterans' health and …
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The administration of governor Ralph F. Gates of Indiana, 1945-1949
… for state and federal cooperation in helping veterans adjust to peacetime conditions; industrial expansion to assure continued economic growth and prosperity; additional personnel and facilities for Indiana's public education and public health programs so as to furnish expanded services; and …