The War Of The Vietnam War - 2247 Words

â€Å"I was persuaded then, and I remain persuaded now, that the war was wrong. And since it was wrong and since people were dying as a result of it, it was evil(O Brien 272).† Tim O Briens If I Die in a Combat Zone is based in the Vietnam war with the main character being Tim O Brien. He explains what it was like to be drafted into the war and the hardships that he went through fighting the Vietcong. The changes that happened before his eyes to people he was fighting with being turned into a deranged person. He describes the fears that the soldiers had of bouncing betties and the people hiding waiting to attack the moment they go to sleep. The Vietnam started in 1955 and ended in 1975 with a total body count of a million people killed†¦show more content†¦The overall weighted prevalence of a positive screen for PTSD in the population was 13.5%. Stratified analyses by deployment status resulted in a prevalence of a positive screen for PTSD of 15.7% in OEF/OIF veter ans and 10.9% in non deployed veterans (Table 2). For all subgroups, the prevalence of a positive screen for PTSD in OEF/OIF veterans was higher than the non deployed veterans. The highest prevalence in both OEF/OIF and non deployed veterans was among VA health care users and veterans who served on active duty. Sixteen percent of OEF/OIF deployed males screened positive for PTSD, whereas 10.5% of non deployed males screened positive. The percentage in the non deployed group. Those more likely to have a positive screen for PTSD in both the OEF/OIF and non deployed groups were Army and active duty veterans (Dursa). PTSD even happened when they were not in the battle zone. This is not just singled to the people in war but also the people who contract PTSD just by seeing someone die on the operating table in front of them. The study seemed to only be on males from the results and the chances of them having PTSD is still pretty high. This is considering how many people have been in war. Hochgesang wrote in the article The Psychological Effects of the Vietnam War that the soldiers in Vietnam mood changed toward the war dramatically. During the war, the main factor that affected the adjustments made by American soldiers and their attitudes was the DEROS