Question

American Sniper provides a strong platform for bringing attention to the care of Veterans.

1. Discuss the way Chris's deployment impacted his family?
2. What resources were/should have been provided to Taya Kyle and the family to support them during Kyle's transitions from combat to home life?
3. Taya was not diagnosed with a mental disorder; however, she displayed several stress responses throughout the movie. Identify two effective and two ineffective stress responses displayed by Taya in the movie.

Answer 1

Ans-

1)Not only the war veterans but their families are too deeply impacted from the war and related deployment at war front abroad. The impact on the family is terms of anxiety, constant fear of life and worries that seep in daily with the progression of war and resultant casualties. Chri's family knew the middle east war zone and the uncertainty of life with the ongoing hostility. So all the uncertainly and fear/ worries impacted Chris's family deeply leading to them being under constant worry , anxiety and sensitive to war outcomes and related effects at an emotional, physical and psychological levels on the entire family.

2)Kyle was indeed provided the access to the veteran care and veteran rehabilitation center which can help him with the proper resources to manage his re-integration into society. Kyle did visit the facilities and talk to veterans but was disengaged at a personal level to manage his PTSD. His re-integration was not easy or as intended due to his deeper unresolved issues and his change from a full war based life to a peaceful daily life. Having said that he did have the resources and other veterans who could help his as fiends and professional therapists for his re-integration.

3) Effective way-

1) participation and leadership distributed-ephasize goal and interanal maintainance.

2) ability of information manner-power is equalized and share

Ineffective way to reduce stress-

1) leadership delegated -goal alone are emphasize

2) position and authority determine power