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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"combat stress"”.
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Spartan Morale: social practices to manage combat stress
This paper examines social practices to manage combat stress in Spartan hoplites in the 5th century. By utilising a modern multi-layered psychological profile designed by Jason Crowley, it considers the role of specific elements of Spartan society (its social structure, education system and its …
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Combat stress reaction and morale in RFC/RAF aircrew 1914-1918
… The effects of the dangers of flying and air combat, which tested aircrew to their limits both physical and mental with consequent psychological disorders have been ignored. This study examined and analysed the operations of the RFC/RAF over the Western Front from 1014-1918 with the aim of …
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Impact of Combat Stress on Mental Health Outcomes: BRFSS Survey Data 2006
… sought to determine the relationship between combat experience and mental health outcomes. The study sought to determine whether age was a significant factor in poor mental health outcomes. Methods: Multiple logistic regression (n = 195,048) and multiple linear regression (n = 264,154) were …
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The Veteran's Way: Addressing Post-Traumatic Stress and Veterans' Re-integration Through Landscape
Post-traumatic stress, while not unique to war, results from normal human reactions to combat. Historically, civilizations provided communal rituals to support and treat returning warriors. We do not. When combat stress reactions adversely affect normal functioning, we label them Post Traumatic …
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The gate with critical analysis
… memories from individuals suffering from combat stress. Sam Evans, a mistreated former research subject, returns suffering from confusing flashes of a removed memory. The play follows David’s attempts to rescue himself from a guilt long repressed by restoring Sam’s memory. However, the …
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Ordinary men: extraordinary times. An exploration of the impact of combat experience on World War Two Royal New Zealand Air Force aircrew across the life course from the perspectives of the veterans, their spouse/ partner, siblings, children and grandchildren
… little concerning the way in which World War Two combat veterans coped following demobilisation and none exploring the longer term impact. This study sought to: (i) assess and describe the long term impact of the war combat experience on the veteran; (ii) identify those factors in the combat …
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“I’m still fighting for the two of us”: How partners of UK veterans construct their experience of living with combat-related trauma
… how partners of UK veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)/symptoms of trauma constructed the impact the condition has on them, the veteran, and their relationship, utilising a qualitative methodology. The study also explored partners’ views on the process whereby they themselves had …
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Predictors of post-deployment mental healthcare utilization among active duty Marines
… health problems, such as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and alcohol misuse. However, despite signs of treatment need, research suggests that mental health services are underutilized by military personnel. Although several factors have been hypothesized to undermine service …
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From the Battlefield to the Archive: Tracing Testimony in Holocaust Memory
… time and challenge institutional silence around combat stress and emotional fatigue.</p> <p>The second essay, "Memory and Testimony in National Reckoning," explores how Holocaust memory developed in postwar Germany. Initially marked by silence, German memory culture evolved into a complex …
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The Impact of Reintegration on Families of Reserve and National Guard Combat Veterans Returning From War: Findings and Clinical Implications
… years of personal clinical experience treating combat veterans, particularly those serving in National Guard and Reserves, indicates a dearth of research on the impact repeated combat deployments have on veterans in their family relationships. Reintegration problems are too often manifested as …
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The Stressors and Coping Strategies of Women in Leadership Positions
… (NIOSH) survey, 60% of employed women cited stress as their most serious problem at work. Working outside the home and balancing a family create conflicts between work and family obligations which become a likely cause of stress for women. While stress may be a problem among working women in …
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The Medicalization of Stress: Hans Selye and the Transformation of the Postwar Medical Marketplace
… Hans Selye's concept of biological stress, guiding him to develop a highly individualistic and commercially-appealing disease model that complimented major interests of the postwar medical marketplace: the state, the corporation and the consumer. In the mid-1930s Selye proposed that …
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Development of Computational Tools and Resources for Cotton microRNA Analysis
… organ development and response to environmental stress; thus miRNAs have been shown to play important roles in almost all biological and metabolic processes. Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), one of the most important fiber producing crops, is widely planted in the world. Upland cotton …