Hca 240 Week 8
Mental Illness
HCA 240 Week 8
7-24-2011
CHRISTIE MC CULLUM-HILL
There are many different mental illnesses that many people suffer from. I am going to discuss Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I am going to talk about the history of PTSD, past and present treatment of PTSD, the signs and symptoms of PTSD, the neurotransmitters that are associated with PTSD, how PTSD is diagnosed, and how the patients environment promote or detract from successful treatment. Let’s go into the world of PTSD.
The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment research, including the development of new treatments, their evaluation in outcome trials, and greater diversity of client samples. At this point, there are two major models of evidence based psychotherapy treatments for PTSD:
Present focused and past focused. In past-focused models, the client tells the trauma story in full detail as a way to face the feelings that arise from it. In present focused models, the client learns coping skills to improve functioning (e.g., social skills, relaxation, grounding, and cognitive restructuring).
Examples of past-focused models include eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and exposure therapy. Examples of present-focused models include stress inoculation training and anxiety management. Research indicates, overall, that both present- and past-focused models are effective, neither outperforms the other, both outperform treatment-as-usual, and the combination of both models does not outperform either one alone ( Najavits, 2006).
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that develops after a traumatic event. PTSD has also been called shell shock or battle fatigue. The exact cause of PTSD is unknown. PTSD is triggered by exposure to a traumatic event. Situations in which a person feels intense fear, helplessness, or horror are considered traumatic. PTSD has been reported in people who experienced: War,
HCA 240 Week 8
7-24-2011
CHRISTIE MC CULLUM-HILL
There are many different mental illnesses that many people suffer from. I am going to discuss Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I am going to talk about the history of PTSD, past and present treatment of PTSD, the signs and symptoms of PTSD, the neurotransmitters that are associated with PTSD, how PTSD is diagnosed, and how the patients environment promote or detract from successful treatment. Let’s go into the world of PTSD.
The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment research, including the development of new treatments, their evaluation in outcome trials, and greater diversity of client samples. At this point, there are two major models of evidence based psychotherapy treatments for PTSD:
Present focused and past focused. In past-focused models, the client tells the trauma story in full detail as a way to face the feelings that arise from it. In present focused models, the client learns coping skills to improve functioning (e.g., social skills, relaxation, grounding, and cognitive restructuring).
Examples of past-focused models include eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and exposure therapy. Examples of present-focused models include stress inoculation training and anxiety management. Research indicates, overall, that both present- and past-focused models are effective, neither outperforms the other, both outperform treatment-as-usual, and the combination of both models does not outperform either one alone ( Najavits, 2006).
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that develops after a traumatic event. PTSD has also been called shell shock or battle fatigue. The exact cause of PTSD is unknown. PTSD is triggered by exposure to a traumatic event. Situations in which a person feels intense fear, helplessness, or horror are considered traumatic. PTSD has been reported in people who experienced: War,
References: Jason, L. A. (2011). How Type of Treatment and Presence of PTSD affect Employment, Self-regulation, and Abstinence. EBSCO. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/detail?sid=bc05cc65-a1d7-442a-a768-176d809eb35d%40sessionmgr114&vid=29&hid=116&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=a9h&AN=60578460 Najavits, L. M. (2006). Present- Versus Past-Focused Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder/Substance Abuse: A Study of Clinician Preferences. EBSCO. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/detail?sid=bc05cc65-a1d7-442a-a768-176d809eb35d%40sessionmgr114&vid=24&hid=116&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=i3h&AN=22104669 Riley, J. (2010). Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. EBSCO Publishing. Retrieved from https://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/detail?vid=7&hid=116&sid=bc05cc65-a1d7-442a-a768-176d809eb35d%40sessionmgr114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=nrc&AN=2009544268