Impact of Vietnam War Service on Veterans' Perceptions of Family Life

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NVVLS is a follow-up study of two veterans who participated in the original NVVRS survey. That is, during an hour's interview, for the veteran of the theater dispatched to the Vietnam War ("Veterans of theater" and the Vietnamese era), the first NVVRS was theater pressure exposure and I evaluated other battle related experiences. The magnitude of the theater's pressure includes exposure to combat, abuse of violence, deprivation, loss of meaning, identity of prisoners, and contact with injured or deceased persons. A quarter of the veterans in the theaters who live today report that the pressure on the theaters is very exposed, but others are low to moderate. In both studies, all veterans received an assessment of physical and mental health problems after the war. Some veterans also have been interviewed by experienced mental health clinicians focusing on post traumatic stress disorder, major depression and substance abuse.

Vietnam is another dispute that causes problems specific to veterans such as mental health problems, homelessness, substance abuse. Unlike World War II, Vietnam's service is not universal, military service in war is unpopular, and those who did not serve understand the difficulties of the battle environment and the impact on mental health I did not. Compared to World War II veterans, the outbreak of veterans 'veterans' mental health problems also partly broke their psychology, making them a better killer of military training Due to change. . battlefield. '

The conflict in Vietnam had various influences on veterans. Most combat soldiers witnessed violence and lost their friends in the fear of war. On 28th May 2001, the dedication of the eight new names of the Vietnam War Memorial Museum has brought the number of deaths in the United States to 58,226. Some American veterans suffer mental and physical damage for the rest of their lives. Most people are still proud of the role of the United States in their service and conflict. During the war, about 27 million Americans processed the draft; 11% of them served in Vietnam in some way. With the expansion of the university, most of the Vietnamese soldiers were from minorities and working classes. The average age of American soldiers in Vietnam during the 19th century was 3 years lower than the average age of Korean American men during World War II.