Resources for the Vietnam Veteran

War stress and trauma: the Vietnam veteran experience.

Veteran Status as a Screening Device during the Vietnam Era'

This paper examines the role of veteran status as a screen during the Vietnam era. While overall earnings differentials between Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans are small, they vary systematically with schooling, age, and race. Little evidence is found supporting the hypothesis that veteran status is generally a positive screen. During the Vietnam era, the military apparently drew relativel...

Prolonged Exposure Therapy for a Vietnam Veteran With PTSD and Early-Stage Dementia ¬リニ

Although prolonged exposure therapy (PE) is considered an evidence-based treatment for PTSD, there has been little published about the use of this treatment for older adults with comorbid early-stage dementia. As the number of older adults in the United States continues to grow, so will their unique mental health needs. The present article describes the successful coordination of care and appli...

When the patient reports atrocities. Specific treatment considerations of the Vietnam veteran.

The unconsciousness defense as applied to post traumatic stress disorder in a Vietnam veteran.

This case describes the use of the unconsciousness defense regarding a Vietnam veteran who was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. This is the first time that such a defense has been used in conjunction with the post-traumatic syndrome which has been described by various authors including Figley,l Wilson,2 Horowitz,3 and is presently included in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-III ...