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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Vietnam veterans"”.
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Vietnam Veterans and American Mass Media: The Politics of the Image
… examination of the image of the Vietnam veteran as contested cultural and ideological terrain in recent America. Drawing on Gramscian theories of ideology and hegemony, as well as conceptualizations of semiotic appropriation and bricolage employed in cultural studies, the study …
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Art Therapy with Vietnam Veterans: The Importance of the Therapeutic Alliance
… in art therapy which can best serve the needs of Vietnam veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This approach must work within the limitations imposed by the current orientation of an established five month program, as well as the needs and abilities of the patients themselves.</p>
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Public Memory: How Vietnam Veterans are using Technology to Make Private Memory Public
… of a group of Americans who served in the Vietnam War is the focus of this dissertation. This group is unique to veteran groups that have returned from serving their country in a time of war or conflict. My research is based on the rhetorical writings of recognized scholars, a knowledge …
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Imaginal flooding as a supplemental treatment for Vietnam veterans suffering re-experiencing stress
A delayed type of combat-related disorder among Vietnam veterans has resulted in increasing numbers of such veterans seeking mental health assistance and the inclusion of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a new classification in the DSM III. With symptoms of re-experiencing, emotional …
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Experiences of homeless Vietnam veterans in deciding to access or not access health care
Homeless Vietnam Veterans (HVV) report their health status as poor, indicating a multitude of health concerns, including physical and psychological problems, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and alcohol or drug dependencies. Prompt attention to health care may improve the prognosis; however, …
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Validation in Vietnam: Motivations and Experiences of Vietnam Veterans who Returned to Vietnam as Tourists
… current historiography on the memory of the Vietnam War has primarily looked at how the collective memory of the war has been constructed through various factors. Scholars such as Jerry Lembcke, Patrick Hagopian, and Marita Sturken tend to examine monuments, film, and oral histories to …
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The Brass Bands Played Too Late: Vietnam Veterans Discuss War, Homecoming, and Life After Vietnam
In The Brass Bands Played Too Late, veterans tell their own stories about what happened when they came home from the Vietnam War. Many of the stories are being told for the first time--not even their families have heard them. Some of the veterans share not only stories of their humiliating return, …
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Investigating the Differences between Neuropsychological and Physiological Markers in a PTSD-only Group Among Vietnam Veterans
… control group (i.e., no PTSD or TBI group) among Vietnam veterans. A statistically significant MANCOVA effect was obtained, Pillai’s Trace = 0.28, ii F(6,61) = 3.89, p < 0.002, when assessing differences between sleep quality and AD pathology. However, a statistically significant MANCOVA effect …
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Exploring the Cardiovascular Response to Anger Imagery and Speech in Vietnam Veterans With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… verbalization versus imagery in a sample of Vietnam combat veterans with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Spoken anger produced greater elevations in blood pressure than anger that was recalled through imagery but not spoken. This was true even after controlling for the …
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"I'd Rather Be Forgotten Than Dishonored": An Oral and Life History Project with a Vietnam Veteran
… Americans served in the military during the Vietnam era and roughly 40,000 of them as helicopter pilots in Vietnam, yet scholars are still trying to understand the Vietnam experience. There is little doubt that the war played an influential role in the lives of that generation. Yet, many …
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Vietnam veteran levels of combat : perceived and actual violence
… exists between levels of combat experienced by Vietnam veterans and later perceptions of violence, violent attitudes, and violent participants: heavy combat Vietnam veterans; light combat Vietnam veterans; Vietnam era veterans; and non-veteran (civilian) friends of Vietnam veterans.Calvert's …
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Mateship and the Australian Vietnam veteran
… literature on Australia’ s participation in the Vietnam War. Many of the books are written by veterans themselves, and some include chapters or sections on the special bonds of mateship experienced between Vietnam veterans. Today Australia continues to send military personnel to overseas …
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The Journey Back to the World: Exploring the Psychological Effect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Vietnam War Combat Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… for recovery from trauma by exploring how the Vietnam Veterans Memorial might help Vietnam War combat veterans suffering from PTSD deal with and recover from their PTSD. 62 male Vietnam War combat veterans (Mean age=58) were divided into an experimental group who went on a Vet Center sponsored …
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Delta Raiders: A study of collective narratives within veterans’ reunions.
This study examines the therapeutic nature of veterans’ reunions through a qualitative analysis of interviews and participant observation of the 2010 Delta Raiders of Vietnam Association biannual reunion. Eight Vietnam veterans who served in the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry, 101st Airborne …
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Postcombat Stress Disorder: A Case Study Using Art Therapy
<p>This paper examined how Vietnam veterans might use art therapy to process combat trauma. The goal of the research was to discover if the art process could assist veterans to reexperience their combat trauma and to develop ego mastery. Presented was a case study of a 39-year-old Vietnam veteran …
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Exploring visitor meanings of place in the National Capital Parks - Central
… that many visitors to the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Korean War Veterans Memorial (i.e. the Triangle) seek something of value for themselves, including everything from connecting with the past and rededicating themselves to the ideals of the nation. The study …
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PTSD - specific cannabis expectancies in college population veterans
… and PTSD symptomology. In particular, military veterans are using substances to self-medicate symptoms of PTSD, demonstrated in a study with Vietnam veterans where a relationship between alcohol use and PTSD symptomology was found. However, PTSD symptom specific cannabis expectancy research has …
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Lost Soldiers from Lost War : a comparative study of the collective experience of soldiers of the Vietnam War and the Angolan/Namibian border war
I explore the Vietnam War and the Border War of South Africa through the analysis of the oral histories of the soldiers who fought in these wars. Considering the scarcity of oral histories about the Border War, I conducted several personal interviews with Border War soldiers to add to the oral …
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The sign models of Sassure and Pierce and the glossematic model of Hjelmslev: an analysis of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
… as they apply to a contemporary landscape. The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington D.C. is analyzed in light of the sign models of Sassure and Peirce and the glossematic model of Hjelmslev. Each model is applied to the individual design aspects of 'the memorial in an attempt to understand …
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