11.01 - PTSD and Service

Today in class, we returned to our discussion of PTSD and explored more of what the condition is like, how it affects people, and why it is a social problem. We achieved this by listening to act two of the This American Life episode "484: Doppelgangers."

For this activity, we compared the experiences of Curtis and Brandon in the episode and discussed what point the producers were trying to make in comparing these two people's lives. We discussed this story within the wider context of PTSD. I then handed out the Time article and questions associated with the article.

All of the documents used today are available here:

PTSD Background information and "Can Service Save Us" questions
"Can Service Save Us" article


Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish reading the "Can Service Save Us" article and respond to the reading questions on the reading sheet for the article.

Update your project team's task schedule and contact log as appropriate.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

 

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