PTSD during the Vietnam War Era
Alexia Rudnicki
What is PTSD?
What are the symptoms of PTSD?
PTSD post Vietnam
- Four out of five reporting recent symptoms when interviewed 20-25 years after Vietnam.
- The findings from the NVVR Study (National Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Study) commissioned by the government in the 1980s initially found that for "Vietnam theater veterans" 15% of men had PTSD at the time of the study and 30% of men had PTSD at some point in their life.
PTSD compared to other wars
PTSD experiences
How the War effected the Vietnam veterans video
How it was dealt with
*Work cited*
Works Cited
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