Soldiers Mental Health

Recently there has been an uproar of new developments relating to mental and emotional effects of war. For some people, war has affected their life enormously-whether it be mentally or physically. People have always wondered about war, and why it exists. They think that war only causes problems, and in some cases that is true. Some soldiers go into the army thinking they are strong enough to come out the same as they went in. Even though soldiers are very strong physically, mentally some of these soldiers are very weak. When they actually begin combat, lots of the strongest soldiers aren't the ones who have a lot of muscle, the strongest are the ones who aren't mentally affected by what is going on around them. The soldiers who do struggle

In fact, the problem with soldiers mental health is in a way how psychiatric studies grew, according to R. Srinivasa Murthy and Rashmi Lakshminarayana: “Wars have had an important part in psychiatric history in a number of ways. It was the psychological impact of the world wars in the form of shell shock that supported the effectiveness of psychological interventions during the first half of the 20th century. It was the recognition of a proportion of the population not suitable for army recruitment during the Second World War that spurred the setting up of the National Institute of Mental Health in USA. The differences in the presentation of the psychological symptoms among the officers and the soldiers opened up new ways of understanding the psychiatric reactions to stress” (Murthy). War is a dark place, for anyone and

Even though kids aren’t usually directly involved in war, they might live in a war zone. Children are very vulnerable at young ages and can be easily influenced by stuff going on around them. Not only are they are they surrounded by the violence, but sometimes they are forced into combat. Many children around the world are forced into combat by the soldiers around them. These soldiers put children into harm's way. These children could be haunted by that moment for the rest of their lives, if they survive the violence. This can create many internal problems from that point on, until they die. Many innocent children are forced into combat and those victims later in life could easily have mental problems, according to Anirudh Purwar Arnab Dhabal Diptarka Chakravarty: “The young child lacks the cognitive capacities available to the adult. His/her theories are ego-centric. They are rarely able to talk about their traumatic experiences. Unable to transform their internal conflicts and feelings into words, they are expressed in repetitive re-enactments, intrusive visual images, trauma specific fears aggressive and regressive activities, and other behavioural states” (Purwar). War is traumatic for most people, but is extremely traumatic for young, vulnerable