E03: Critical Reading — dragon570

Different studies of the children of American World War II, Korea, and Vietnam vets with PTSD have turned up different results:

• They did “different studies” on the children of veterans with PSTD

“45 percent” of kids in one small study “reported significant PTSD signs”;

• 45% of children show signs of PSTD

“83 percent reported elevated hostility scores.”

• They claimed that 83% had elevated hostility scores.

Other studies have found a “higher rate of psychiatric treatment”; “more dysfunctional social and emotional behavior’; “difficulties in establishing and maintaining friendships.”

• “Other studies” their were more than this one study going on. Those studies showed “higher rate of psychiatric treatment.”
• Listed the claims of the type PSTD hat some of the children have inherited from their parents

The symptoms were similar to what those researchers had seen before, in perhaps the most analyzed and important population in the field of secondary traumatization: the children of Holocaust survivors.

• Researchers claimed that the same results are the same as the last time they did this study.
• Another claim in this sentence is that the children on Holocaust survivors showed that they were traumatized the most because their parents had PSTD after the holocaust.

Of course, the Army only helps families of active-duty personnel.

• The army doesn’t help peoples families with anything that could have stemmed from the war they were in unless the person is “active-duty personnel.”

It’s the Department of Veterans Affairs that’s charged with treating the problems that can persist long past discharge.

• Only the people of the department of Veterans affairs are in charge of helping the veterans after they get out of the military.

But “if you asked the VA to treat your kids, they would think it was nonsense,” says Hofstra’s Motta.

• They wouldn’t do their job if it came to the veterans kids instead they would basically say “shake it off.”
• The government only helps who they want to help.

When I asked the VA if the organization would treat kids for secondary trauma, its spokespeople stressed that it has made great strides in family services in recent years, rolling out its own program for couples’ counseling and parenting training.

• She claims that the Department of Veterans affairs would lie to her if she asked about their efforts on treating kids that have created symptoms of PTSD from their parents.

Our goal is to make the parents the strongest parents they can be,” says Susan McCutcheon, national director for Family Services, Women’s Mental Health, and Military Sexual Trauma at the VA; according to Shirley Glynn, a VA clinical research psychologist who was also on the call, “for the vast majority of people with the secondary traumatization model, the most important way to help the family deal with things is to ensure that the veteran gets effective treatment.

• Susan McCutcheon says the families that have veterans that are traumatized from the things they saw during the time they were overseas try to find the best way to help them and their families.

In cases where children themselves need treatment, these VA officials recommended that parents find psychologists themselves, though they note “this is a good time [for the VA] to make partners with the community so we can make good referrals.” Or basically: “You’re on your own,” says Brannan.

• The Department of Veterans Affairs don’t help wen the family need help with their children that have gotten traumatized from the parents that as in the military.