Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has become a rising mental disorder among both male and female veterans. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ also called PTSD for short‚ is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a traumatic event in which physical or mental harm may have occurred. Events such as wartime situations‚ violent attacks‚ serious accidents‚ and terrorist incidents can all play a part in the increase of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder cases. Post-Traumatic
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Life after Trauma Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that some people develop after going through a stressful and dangerous event. This widespread disorder can affect individuals psychologically‚ emotionally and behaviorally following the experience of a traumatic event. Not all individuals who are exposed to a traumatic event develop PTSD; researches hypothesized that biological and environmental factors contribute simultaneously to the development of PTSD. In order
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Overview: For my project I chose to take a closer looked at Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to sexual trauma. I found interest in this topic because my mother has been diagnosed with PTSD and she suffers from the symptoms of it daily. I also have two friends who are twins who I believe suffer from PTSD but are not diagnosed. For this project I will be using my mother‚ one of my friends and my cousin who works for the Coalition Against Rape and Abuse (CARA) to thoroughly explore this topic
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After experiencing a traumatic event‚ the mind has been known to horde away the details and memories and then send them back at unexpected times and places‚ sometimes after years have passed. It does so in a haunting way that makes the recall just as disturbing as the original event. It is easy to understand how Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can affect a person’s life. For example: Edgar Allen Poe’s Gothic style of writing about the darker side of romantic imagination‚ the supernatural
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Andre Middlebrooks – Definition April 3‚ 2013 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder is a term that many people are familiar with. We hear this on the news or read about it in the newspaper from time to time. Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD for short is often included in conversations discussing people who have survived some sort of life threatening danger or trauma. Post-traumatic stress disorder causes its victims to feel frightened‚ worried and stressed in normal
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people are traumatized by traumatic events that take place their lives. We seldom expect these events to happen so we often do not know how to react when it does happen‚ this can lead to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In this assignment is the definition of PTSD‚ the reason why South Africa has such a high prevalence of PTSD and also the methods of prevention of PTSD will be discussed. DEFINITION OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be defined as a
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Cathi Williams 9/10/2012 Informative Speech: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Has anybody in this class know anybody or themselves that have went through a traumatic event in their life‚ such as abuse‚ war‚ witnessing a murder‚ and so on? Well if you do you or that person are at risk of developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a relatively new psychological diagnosis‚ but it is a kind of anxiety disorder. For example after the terrorist attacks on September 11
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a psychological illness in which people repeatedly remember relive‚ or dream about a terrible experience” (“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” 710). Explanations of PTSD mainly focus on the way the mind is affected by traumatic experiences. The mind is unable to process information and emotions properly when one is faced with overwhelming trauma (Cohen Web). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder changes the body’s response to stress
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is triggered from traumatic experiences such as‚ horrid childhood‚ flashbacks‚ and possibly nightmares. Natural disasters‚ rape‚ sexual assaults‚ war veterans‚ or any other serious experiences could lead to having post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD has several symptoms‚ which vary from diagnosed patients. Symptoms occur naturally to stressful events such as‚ irritability‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ guilt‚ increasing substance abuse‚ negativity
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Prognosis ..6 Summary ..7 There are hundreds of different kinds of psychiatric disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ 4th ed. (DSM-IV). One of them is called Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Based on the research‚ post-traumatic disorder usually occurs following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military combat‚ natural disasters‚ terrorist incidents‚ serious
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