PTSD: Causes, Symptoms And Analysis
PTSD is sometimes known as a normal reaction to abnormal events.
It was not noticed by the medical community until the 1970s, during the Vietnam War. Originally diagnosed in veterans during 1955-1975
It was then first defined as a disorder in 1980.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is now recognized in civilians of rape, or other criminal assaults, natural disasters, train collisions, aircraft crashes, or acts of terrorism such as child abuse.
In the early nineteenth century, soldiers were diagnosed by medical doctors with exhaustion after experiencing the stress and trauma of war.
These studies helped to establish PTSD as a legitimate diagnostic entity with a complex set of causes;
BIOCHEMICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL CAUSES researchers have found changes in the amygdala and the hippocampus—the parts of the brain that form links between fear and memory. Experiments with ketamine, a drug that inactivates one of the neurotransmitters in the central nervous system, suggest that trauma works in a similar way to damage associative pathways in the brain. Positron emission tomography (PET) scans of PTSD patients suggest that trauma affects the parts of the brain that govern speech and language. …show more content…
In general, societies that are highly authoritarian, glorify violence, or sexualize violence have high rates of PTSD even among
It was not noticed by the medical community until the 1970s, during the Vietnam War. Originally diagnosed in veterans during 1955-1975
It was then first defined as a disorder in 1980.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is now recognized in civilians of rape, or other criminal assaults, natural disasters, train collisions, aircraft crashes, or acts of terrorism such as child abuse.
In the early nineteenth century, soldiers were diagnosed by medical doctors with exhaustion after experiencing the stress and trauma of war.
These studies helped to establish PTSD as a legitimate diagnostic entity with a complex set of causes;
BIOCHEMICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL CAUSES researchers have found changes in the amygdala and the hippocampus—the parts of the brain that form links between fear and memory. Experiments with ketamine, a drug that inactivates one of the neurotransmitters in the central nervous system, suggest that trauma works in a similar way to damage associative pathways in the brain. Positron emission tomography (PET) scans of PTSD patients suggest that trauma affects the parts of the brain that govern speech and language. …show more content…
In general, societies that are highly authoritarian, glorify violence, or sexualize violence have high rates of PTSD even among