Mental Health Affects how We Carry Ourselves. Mental health includes our psychological, emotional, and social well-being. Mental health issues can occur at a young age or even older stages of life. Mental illness affects a large portion of veterans in the United States. In fact, millions upon millions of dollars have been funded to improve diagnosis and treatment for veterans who suffer from the most common mental illness on the battlefield PTSD. Additionally, PTSD affects many aspects of one’s life such as having many medical disorders, and an inability to work in personal, social and family life, and is greatly correspond with suicide and homelessness. In addition to the correlation between suicide and homelessness, this is due to the lack of aid with the transition of war lifestyle to civilians lifestyle. Therefore, the goal of this research paper is to survey veterans who have suffered the effects of war in the form of mental disorders such as PTSD, schizophrenia and bipolar disease as well as to gain a better understanding of the quality and effectiveness of services provided. Although The Vietnam War is over. Many are still suffering from the horrific experiences are several veterans who have …show more content…
As a result, many are suffering from PTSD due to traumatic experiences they have witnessed and experienced on the battlefield. During the war, you experienced a lot of stress, anxiety, pain, and hatred. Then you were sent back home with no aid to ease the transition from war life to civilian lifestyle. You are portrayed to the public as a crazed killer with no control of your anger. You find that there's nobody you can talk to or someone that could comprehend what you've been through, not even your family. Causing you to feel extreme loneliness the mind can go only so far to point of breaking. You can go insane with just one bad day. (“The Psychological Effects of the Vietnam