Question Description
NUR 452 PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING
Reflection Discussion Board Forum
Based on the Movie Unbroken
After
watching the movie (UNBROKEN), respond to one
of the following questions on the Discussion Board on Blackboard and respond to
at least two of your classmates postings.
Please include a citation (APA)to support your original response.
1. In her book, Hillebrand describes the
extraordinary risks faced by Americas WWII airmen; 54,000 men killed in
combat; 36,000 killed in non-combat aircraft accidents, and a stunning 15,000
men killed in stateside trainingsat times an average of 19 per day. Men faced
a 50% chance of being killed in combat tours of only 30-40 missions.
(Hillebrand, 2010).
Based on the above excerpt, list one mental illness an airman could
develop prior to going into battle? (Include symptoms the airman could display
that would suggest mental health issues).
2.When Louie, Phil, and
Mac were on the raft, a key factor in their survival was optimism. All three
men were young and able-bodied, veterans of the same training, experiencing the
same hardships and traumas, yet Louie and Phil remained optimistic while Mac
was hopeless, seemingly doomed by his pessimism. Why do you think some people
are hopeful and others not? How does optimism play a role in mental health?
(Hillebrand, 2010).
3.Over 47 days on the
raft, the men lost half their body weight, and were rendered to mere skeletons.
Yet they refused to consider cannibalism, which had not been uncommon among
castaways before them. (Hillebrand, 2010)
Would you feel cannibalism would be justified in the above case? Could
the act of cannibalism affect mental health?
4.In the 1930s and
1940s, Germany and Japan carried out what are arguably the worst acts of mass
atrocity in history. (Hillebrand, 2010). Today we face other acts of brutality
in organizations such as ISIS. Do you feel that the perpetrators of these acts
are mentally ill? Why? Do we all carry some capacity for cruelty? Are these
acts justifiable during wartime activities?
5.Anger is justifiable
and understandable reaction to being wronged, and as the souls first effort to
reassert its worth and power, it may initially be healing
But in time, anger
becomes corrosive. To live in bitterness is to be chained to the person who
wounded you, your emotions and actions arising not independently, but in
reaction to the abuser
(Hillebrand, 2010). Do you agree? How would you use
the above quote for the person having to deal with a history of sexual abuse?
6.After the war, Louie
was consumed with bitterness and a need for revenge on the Bird. His desires
dissipated after attending an evangelistic series led by Billy Graham and Louis
experienced the ability to forgive with his conversion experience. What role
does forgiveness play in mental health?
7.After watching the
movie Unbroken, do you feel differently about veterans? What aspects of being
a veteran would you assess to see if they are at risk or actually have a post-traumatic
stress disorder?
8.There is a growing
field that is looking into Post traumatic growth (PTG) and how we can look
into building resilience in people at risk for PTSD. Go to the following site http://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/growth-trauma.a… and give a short
summary of what you learned about PTG.
(Questions adapted
