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1.) Stanley, Adrian J. "In Sickness and in Health | Local News." //Colorado Springs Independent//. Web. 24 Sept. 2010. < [] Stanley, contributing editor for Colorado Springs Independent and author of In sickness and in Health, shows compelling evidence and experience on the disorder of PTSD in veterans. This article aimed at the constant fear of ones self and the harm of others including children and women in abusive relationships with veterans that have PTSD. Stanley shows that PTSD effects not just the individual with the disorder but also the family and loved ones. Stanley focuses on the how soldiers are said to have "Undiagnosed PTSD" and how the military is over looking the seriousness of this illness. He provides precise evidence on how PTSD is a "Disease" and a one on one look about a women whos husband suffers from PTSD as well as her sufferings too. Stanleys article provides crucial evidence for my research project and will help me further my research more braudly. His research topics and examination on PTSD has provided much insite on my topic, and helped me develope a more indepth argument for my project.

2.)Friedman, Matthew. "Frontline: the Soldier's Heart: Experts: What Is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder?" PBS. Web. 30 Sept. 2010. []  Dr. Matthew Friedman executive director of Virginias National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder presents immense insight on What PTSD truly is, how to come about this disorder including situations not just with combat soldiers but other experiences that can trigger this disorder and what families should do to treat it or sustain it. This source is an overview about the medical feild dealing with PTSD and how it inclined to soldiers commiting suicide and even homicide. Friedman explains how PTSD is not a disease but an illness and gives us an overview on past soldiers dealing with PTSD and present day how soldiers are still not being treated properly for this deadly mental illness. Friedman explains the difficulties soldiers have to go through when having PTSD, how everyday life is a struggle for them. Also he explains what causes it, what families can do to help, what mental treatment facilities can help the soldiers. Friedman says that "most people exposed to traumatic evetns dont develope PTSD". Its the people that dont recover in a month that develope the disorder. The work is well researched within a 10-15 year period of extensive research with patients and other well known doctors. The information provided is well spoken and clearly states all aspects towards the illness PTSD. This source is very helpful to my research, he provides evidence supporting his thesis as well as provides facts about the illness and how it can be maintained. 3.) Sheppard, Sean C., Jennifer Weil Malatras, and Allen C. Israel. "The Impact of Deployment on U.S. Military Families." (2010). Web. 18 Oct. 2010. < [|http://http] : csaweb110v.csa.com/ids70/view_record.php? id=2&recnum=4&log=from_res&SID=baldf831skmo9vdofae15omea5&mark_id=search%3A2%3A0%2C0%2C10>. The Author of the source Sean C. Sheppard, MD, is a Medical Service Corps Officer in the U.S Army and a paid consultant for the Research to Improve Emotional Health and Quality of Life Among Service embers with Disabilities Center. This source is an overview of effects of military deployment on U.S. service members ‘mental health outcomes. The author’s thesis deals with understanding the concern for “potential effects of military deployment on American service members and their families”. Since the start of the war over “2 million” children have been directly affected by the deployment of a parent. Since the terrorist attack in 9/11 more than 3.3 million times soldiers are being deployed to a combat zone with nearly 800,000 deploying multiple times. This work is logical and clean, the thesis is supported with precise evidence and many evaluations. The topic gives me clear facts of the impact on soldiers and their families being deployed. The author does not show any signs of being bias; he gives facts and evidence to support his research. This source is very helpful I have statistical numbers on the deployment rates and deployment counts for U.S soldiers. He gives a definition to all the facts he is highlighting in his source, it also gave me clear background knowledge on what the families are dealing with along with the Soldier himself.

4.) Maguen, S., Vogt, D. S., King, L. A., King, D. W., Litz, B. T., Knight, S. J., & Marmar, C. R. (2010, October 4). The Impact of Killing on Mental Health Symptoms in Gulf War Veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0019897 The Authors of the source, Sara J. Knight and Charles R. Marmar are apart f San Francisco VA Medical Center have done extensive research on PTSS and PTSD. This source is an overview of veterans who have been through the Gulf War and have come back with PTSD, also studies that have been done on these soldiers. The Authors talk about the studies of combatant soldiers dealing with the injuries and alcohol abuse while coping with the symptoms of PTSS and PTSD. The authors explain the “association between killing and depression among Vietnam or Iraq War veterans” and how soldiers who encounter traumatic events including dead bodies or killing someone results in a bigger chance of developing PTSD. This work gives me extensive research and numerical evidence about PTSD and the effects on soldiers as well as statistical evidence to support the reasoning.

5.)Goldstein, David. "Troops with Combat Stress Discharged, Not Treated, Senator Charges - KansasCity.com." Kansas City's Best Source for News, Weather, Sports & More | KansasCity.com//. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. [] .// This source was very helpful towards my project it gave me great information, Goldstein explains that "more than a third of the returning male Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans- and more than a quarter of the women- who sought help at the Veterans Health Administration had PTSD" and how personality disorders is playing a big factor in the PTSD research. This work is logical and clear and gives me direct information on what the Administration is not doing for our war veterans. This source is helpful beecause i can use this for my research and have more of an understanding on what our military veterans are going through and how to help them deal with there diseases.

6.) Deluca, Lisa C. "Combat PTSD and Iraq War Soldiers: Why Afganistan & Iraq Combat Veterans Often Don't Seek PTSD Therapy." Suite101.com: Online Magazine and Writers' Network. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. [] . This source is helpful because Deluca an expert on treating war veterans with extreme PTSD, anxiety and depression. The one focus in this article is how the veterans are trained not to reveal anything that could be considered a sign of weakness, research says that " Combat war veterans sometimes judge themselves as being weak because the condition makes them feel weak “these are clear signs that someone has PTSD or depression. Also it explains that boys and girls that come home from Iraq automatically become accustomed to the life they lived in Iraq back home, they now do the same things they have been taught to keep them alive and so they keep doing it. This source is credible because it provides information from a woman who has worked with combat soldiers to help them with extreme PTSD.

// 7.) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Thomas, Peggy. //Post Traumatic Stress Disorder//. Farmington Hills, MI: Lucent, 2008. Print.// //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This source is helpful to my research because it brings me into the eyes of a soldier and what they deal with when they get back home from war. At Universities they have created a “virtual Iraq” to help the veterans with anxiety and stress. They have reported that “patients have a decrease in PTSD symptoms ranging from 15 to 60 percent”. This Book is credible because it was found in a school Library and gives amazing information on PTSD and who deals with it and how they deal with it. This source will help me further my research in PTSD in combat soldiers and help me make my project more broad. //

// <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8.) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Cogan, By James. "US Military Suicide Rate at Record High." //World Socialist Web Site//. 4 Feb. 2009. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/suic-f04.shtml>.// //<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">This source will help me in my research because it gives me a different direction towards combat soldiers. In this article it talks about how the suicide rate has increased dramatically, “an estimated 30 percent of soldiers who took their own lives in 2008 did so while on deployment. Conditions in soldiers who have been diagnosed with PTSD or another mental illness have been in our Medical Health programs for a long time. Since 2008 soldiers who have come back from a deployment show signs of suicidal thoughts and severe PTSD symptoms. This source is credible because it gives me information and ratings that help me further my research and help me become more enriched with information. //

// 9.) "Post Traumatic Stress | NAMI Michigan – Michigan's Voice on Mental Illness." //NAMI Michigan | Michigan's Voice on Mental Illness//. Ed. Jack Gorman. May 2003. Web. 03 Dec. 2010. <http://namimi.org/post-traumatic-stress?gclid=CMDGpYmr0KUCFYHb4AodzS2lkg This source will help me in my research because it gives me facts on what PTSD is and what are the symptoms of PTSD. It will help me further my research because i need to share what PTSD is and what is the medical facts about this disorder.