Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is becoming more common in veterans coming back from war. “One in five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – over 300,000 veterans by the end of 2012” (Shocking PTSD, suicide rates for vets, 2013, June 5). About “10,299 cases or roughly 4% have been reported in June of 2012” (VA undercounted Afghanistan and Iraq War Veteran PTSD cases 2012, January 1). With the increase of cases with veterans who have PTSD is important to find ways in which to help veterans with their mental disorder. If we ignore their mental disorder and find no treatment for their disorder they will end up losing their homes, families, friends, and affect their health. Years from now the number of cases will increase and it will become more difficult to help a greater number of veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
Not only are these veterans going through this in one state but all through the united states, such as Florida, Texas, Illinois’, and Washington veterans. Many veterans are experiencing the same symptoms that potentially end up harming the people around the veteran. Families have been broken, and divorce rates have increased over the years as more veterans return home. This affects not only the social context, but the economic status because thousands of dollars are being invested for programs and psychiatric therapies for veterans around the United States. And because so much money is being invested on veterans who return from war it has raised a lot of controversy around the nation causing people to oppose where the money should go and who should it be spent on. The global context of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is similar to that of the national context because both involve the controversy of how the money should be spent, how it affects families, and the rise in political views. However the only difference is that many countries and states approach this mental disorder differently. Some countries begin blogs, organizations, petitions, awareness campaigns, and opening more clinics for those veterans.