In the article “Is PTSD Contagious?” by Mac McClelland, the experiences of the families with veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the central topic. The author writes about the effects on the families of the veterans and how the family members end up having PTSD symptoms, but where the trauma is the diagnosed veteran.

McClelland story introduce the readers to the Vines, where the wife Branna Vines is experiencing “hyperawareness, hypervigilance, adrenaline-sharp quick-scanning for dange” (McClelland); however, Branna has never been in the battlefield as her husband Caleb Vines. Interesting points about the article is that the Vines had a enormous weeding where “there were 500 people at the ceremony” and “even the mayor was there” (McClelland), for an article about families of veterans with PSTD the weeding night of the family seems irrelevant. Nevertheless, when the author writes “103,200, or 228,875, or 336,000Americans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan and came back with PTSD” and “115,000 to 456,000 with traumatic brain injury”(McClelland), the differentiation of the numbers is so large that McClelland might be assuming that not all cases are produced by the war experience. Therefore, for the Vines the disorder might have been produced by a lost of wealth, for instance wealth which was present at the time of the wedding. Additionally, according to the author, Caleb says “somebody at the VA told me, ‘Kids in Congo and Uganda don’t have PTSD,'” making more clear the idea that PTSD is not always war related in soldiers.