PTSD Flashbacks

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This paper presents a proposal for research to examine flashback episodes experienced by Vietnam Veterans who are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The proposal is for research that will investigate the triggers, length and number of flashbacks experienced by this population.

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"A Vietnam Veteran who has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and suffers from flashbacks may intimidate those around him as he carries out what he perceives to be strategic maneuvers, carries out battlefield orders and forces others to take cover as the imagined shells explode around him (Fuque, 2003). "
"When it is over he will not remember any of the events that occurred during the flashback and become despondent over that he is told he did during this fugue. "
"Flashbacks can create stressful environments as the family or co-workers try to figure out what triggers them and work to avoid having that trigger occur. It can and does destroy family relationships, marriages and can lead to alcohol and drug abuse issues as well as unemployment and homelessness (Fuque, 2003). "

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• Emergency Nurse | Date: May 1, 2003 | Author: Wild, Deidre | More results for: viet nam ptsd
• http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/13/1/101Dissociative Flashbacks After Right Frontal Injury in a Vietnam Veteran With Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Marcelo L. Berthier, M.D., Angel Posada, M.D. and Carmen Puentes, M.D. Received March 3, 2000; June 27, 2000; accepted July 7, 2000. From the Department of Medicine and Dermatology, University of Malaga, Spain, and the Service of Nuclear Medicine. Department of Radiology, Carlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, Spain. Address correspondence to Dr. Berthier, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina y Dermatologia, Universidad de Malaga, Campus Universitario Teatinos 29071, Malaga Spain. E-mail: mberthier@telenet.es
• Overview of Dissociative FugueAndrew W. ScharlottUniversity of Missouri-ColumbiaDecember 10, 2003 http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:sbhdZg43MOoJ:projects.ascharlott.com/files/180_paper.pdf+dissociative+state+vietnam+ptsd&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=9&ie=UTF-8
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