PTSD has many claims just by the way it is formed. It can cause many different behaviors and can have a long-lasting effect on anyone in a family with a member with PTSD.
An example of this is in the article, Is PTSD Contiguous, it mentions that “Brannan and Katie’s teacher have conferenced about Katie’s behavior many times. Brannan’s not surprised she’s picked up overreacting and yelling—you don’t have to be at the Vines residence for too long to hear Caleb hollering from his room,” This is a Categorical claim because Katie is picking up on the behavior in school that her dad is doing at home and therefore causes her to act up because Katie is already affected by her dad’s behavior.
Another example stated in the text, Is PTSD Contagious, “René Robichaux, social-work programs manager for US Army Medical Command, concedes that “in a family system, every member of that system is going to be impacted, most often in a negative way, by mental-health issues.”” This is an Evaluative claim because it mentions in the text that this is evidence based on based on expertise, and authority because it shows the examples that it causes the whole family to be affected.
An important statement shows in the article Is PTSD Contagious, “That was the impetus for the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, which since 2005 has added 70 therapists to military installations around the country. Mostly what the program provides is couples’ counseling. Children are “usually not” treated, but when necessary, referred to child psychiatrists—of which the Army has 31.” This is a moral claim because it has shown the supports that people get for having military family members. However, Children are not getting enough support for therapy.
An example showing that children may not get enough support is in the article Is PTSD Contagious, “Brannan sent Katie to the school therapist, once. She hasn’t seen any other therapist, or a therapist trained to deal with PTSD—Brannan knows what a difference that makes, since the volunteer therapist she tried briefly herself spent more time asking her to explain a “bad PTSD day” than how Caleb’s symptoms were affecting the family.” This is also Ethical claim because it states that Katie did not get enough support from her school therapist, and it did not really help out Katie that much when she saw the therapist.
One last reason is families with Veterans tend to end up having their families fall apart. A quote from the article Is PTSD Contagious states that, “In the wake of Vietnam, 38 percent of marriages failed within the first six months of a veteran’s return stateside; the divorce rate was twice as high for vets with PTSD as for those without.” This is a Factual claim because it shows that Veterans with PTSD have a higher divorce rate than Veterans without PTSD because in the text it states that more marriages failed because of the Trama that was caused on the families.
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RebelPilot, every student was assigned a section of the PTSD text to analyze for claiims. You’ve quoted directly from Rene Robichaux, so I imagine that means you were assigned Section 07. Is that right?
Here’s Section 07.
We await the results of the 20-year, 10,000-family-strong study of impacts on Iraq and Afghanistan veterans’ kin, the largest of its kind ever conducted, that just got under way. Meanwhile, René Robichaux, social-work programs manager for US Army Medical Command, concedes that “in a family system, every member of that system is going to be impacted, most often in a negative way, by mental-health issues.” That was the impetus for the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, which since 2005 has added 70 therapists to military installations around the country. Mostly what the program provides is couples’ counseling. Children are “usually not” treated, but when necessary referred to child psychiatrists—of which the Army has 31. Meanwhile, the Child, Adolescent and Family Behavioral Health Office has trained hundreds of counselors in schools with Army children in and around bases to try to identify and treat coping and behavioral problems early on. “We’re better than we were,” Robichaux says. “But we still have a ways to go.”
Of course, the Army only helps families of active-duty personnel. It’s the Department of Veterans Affairs that’s charged with treating the problems that can persist long past discharge. But “if you asked the VA to treat your kids, they would think it was nonsense,” says Hofstra’s Motta.
When I asked the VA if the organization would treat kids for secondary trauma, its spokespeople stressed that it has made great strides in family services in recent years, rolling out its own program for couples’ counseling and parenting training. “Our goal is to make the parents the strongest parents they can be,” says Susan McCutcheon, national director for Family Services, Women’s Mental Health, and Military Sexual Trauma at the VA; according to Shirley Glynn, a VA clinical research psychologist who was also on the call, “for the vast majority of people with the secondary traumatization model, the most important way to help the family deal with things is to ensure that the veteran gets effective treatment.” In cases where children themselves need treatment, these VA officials recommended that parents find psychologists themselves, though they note “this is a good time [for the VA] to make partners with the community so we can make good referrals.” Or basically: “You’re on your own,” says Brannan.
I’ve done a comparison now, and it appears you’ve made your own selection of claims from the article at large.
I don’t want to stress you needlessly to return to the article and restrict yourself to JUST Section 07, so let’s just treat your post as completely compliant and judge it on its merits as a Claims Analysis.
You cite, for example, the following segment:
This is a Categorical claim because Katie is picking up on the behavior in school that her dad is doing at home and therefore causes her to act up because Katie is already affected by her dad’s behavior.
—The first sentence makes a simple Factual claim about the meetings Brannan has had with Katie’s teacher.
—It’s also a subtle Evaluation claim, though, also, isn’t it? Most parents never have to conference with their kids’ teachers about behavior. Once would be a lot of behavior conferencing. “Many times” means Katie’s behavior is causing a LOT of concern.
—According to the Author, Brannan is making a Causal Claim that Caleb’s “overreacting and yelling” are responsible for Katie’s “overreacting and yelling.”
—The Author, Mac MacClellan, doesn’t make the Causal Claim. She relates it to readers as Brannan’s conclusion. So the sentence also contains an Attributive Claim. Right?
—But MacClellan DOES make HER OWN Factual claim by telling readers that Caleb does a lot of hollering. This provides evidence for Brannan’s claim, but it doesn’t mean MacClellan agrees with the Causation conclusion.
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