FOR KIM WOODS ONLY

MY TOPIC TO GO OFF OF: The topic that I would like to focus on for my literature review would be: Veterans with PTSD and how it effects their life; personally and professionally. This is a subject that is very personal to me as I suffer from PTSD and a lot of the people I know suffer as well. It's a reality that veterans and service men and women face when they come back stateside and have to turn off the war mentality and transition back into "normalcy". There is a plethora of information at your disposal when researching this topic. You may use google.com, local VA resources, and/or Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) to get real insight.

Evaluate the evidence. Create a draft of the findings of the articles you have selected and how they contribute to our knowledge of this problem. Be sure to address each of the following items in your draft:

1.  Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each piece.
2.  If the articles talk to each other (that is, if they support or contrast with one another), explain how and why.
3.  What does the evidence tell us?
4.  Is there another possible explanation you can think of?  Based on what you have read, what is your hypothesis?  In other words, what is your explanation for the findings?
5.  How can you refine your question or topic even further, now that you have described the findings?

Your draft should be double-spaced and in 12 point, Times New Roman font with normal one-inch margins, written in APA style, and free of typographical and grammatical errors.  It should include a title page with a running head and a reference page. The body of the paper should be at least 5-6 pages in length.