Social Problem Veterans

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Description of Social Problem
Veterans constitute a large percentage of the United States population and with the number of soldiers returning home increasing after 9/11 there are concerns that are unique to this particular demographic. Veterans are returning home from multiple deployments after experiencing a multitude of physical and psychological complications that have left them unable to function in society like they had prior to being deployed. Failure to train service members how to navigate their return to society and adapt to their new environment leads veterans to be unable to function at work or feel comfortable with being out in public. These shortfalls result in veterans failing to be able to identify that the feelings they …show more content…

Service dogs assist with reintroducing veterans into society as productive members within their social and work communities. The utilization of service dogs allow veterans to gain confidence and function in society while overcoming combat related physical and mental health illnesses.
Recently more awareness has been brought to the struggles that veterans face returning from deployment and seeking help through The Office of Veteran Affairs, better known as the VA. Prior to recent campaigns highlighting the massive number of daily veteran suicides, very little had been done to raise awareness of the lack of treatment available to veterans with physical and psychological combat related injuries. According to Spiva (2017) the number of suicides by veterans is estimated to be 21 per day. To date, there are numerous organizations that are …show more content…

By identifying the alternative methods of treatment afforded to veterans, like pairing service dogs with veterans there is an opportunity to increase resources that are being directed to helping veterans such as programs that are issue specific and directed at veterans, families, and workplaces whom employ veterans just to name a few. This in turn results in increases to the overall productivity level at all levels including individual, organizational, community and societal

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