Homework: Treatment Options for Service Members
Military personnel share the same common issues with which civilians struggle. When a service member deploys with unresolved, common civilian life issues, a combat situation can greatly complicate or exacerbate that issue or create new ones, leading to PTSD or TBI or both. In this Homework, you consider the treatment options for service members who return from deployment with a new diagnosis.
Submit a 4 to 5 pages paper that proposes treatment options for military service members who return from combat with one of the following diagnoses:
1) PTSD from combat
2) PTSD from sexual assault
3) TBI
4) Substance abuse
5) Insomnia
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Required Readings
1) Currier, J. M., Holland, J. M., & Drescher, K. D. (2014). Residential treatment for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Identifying trajectories of change and predictors of treatment response.?Public Library of Science One,?9(7), e101741. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101741
2) Department of Veterans Affairs & Department of Defense. (2017). VA/DOD clinical practice guideline for the management of posttraumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder.
3) Polusny, M. A., Kumpula, M. J., Meis, L. A., Erbes, C. R., Arbisi, P. A., Murdoch, M., ... Johnson, A. K. (2014). Gender differences in the effects of deployment-related stressors and pre-deployment risk factors on the development of PTSD symptoms in National Guard Soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.?Journal of Psychiatric Research,?49, 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.09.016
4) Xue, C., Ge, Y., Tang, B., Liu, Y., Kang, P., Wang, M., & Zhang, L. (2015). A meta-analysis of risk factors for combat-related PTSD among military personnel and veterans.?Public Library of Science One,?10(3), e0120270. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.012027
5) Hoggatt, K. J., Prescott, M. R., Goldmann, E., Tamburrino, M., Calabrese, J. R., Liberzon, I., & Galea, S. (2015). The prevalence and correlates of risky driving behavior among National Guard soldiers.?Traffic Injury Prevention,16(1), 17-23. 10.1080/15389588.2014.896994
6) Koffel, E., Polusny, M. A., Arbisi, P. A., & Erbes, C. R. (2013). Pre-deployment daytime and nighttime sleep complaints as predictors of post-deployment PTSD and depression in National Guard troops.?Journal of Anxiety Disorders,?27(5), 512-519.