In the memoir “Never Fully Home from War” by Tessa, she describes in great detail the effects of war on soldiers. Soldiers leave for war anticipating to serve their country, but they never return the same. Tessa’s brother was very strong willed and kind hearted. Upon his discharge for the army for issues with mental health, he was so greatly affected by PTSD that he became a different person to his family.
I chose this article as I know a war veteran who suffered from PTSD and I believe that psychiatric care is so important especially for veterans. As there is little information about the brain, it makes psychiatric care that much harder to find treatments for conditions such as PTSD. Tessa’s brother in the article attempted to get help from various psychiatric facilities and veterans associations.
The significance of the article is that it increases awareness to psychiatric care in general, but especially for veterans. Without psychiatric care, veterans would be disabled for the rest of their lives and return from war extremely traumatized and have no chance for a future. Their lives are forever changed by the traumas of war and their families are left with a stranger in the shell of their loved.