Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Summary
Summary of Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, also known as PTSD, “is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event” (Mayo Clinic). The DSM-5 has a checklist that tells if a person’s symptoms are in alignment with those that have this disorder to see if they would be considered to have PTSD or not. According to the checklist the DSM-5 has for PTSD, the first qualification for this disorder is to have some sort of dramatic event in a person's life (such as injury, sexual violation, or some kind of life threatening event), just as the definition states. Following
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The researchers said that “The goal of the present study was to administer a series of trauma probes to a community sample of men and women, to determine the rates of full and partial PTSD, and to examine in a preliminary fashion the extent to which these two presentations of posttraumatic stress are associated with functional impairment or disability” (Stein 1114). Overall in the study the results showed that showed that there was not only more women affected by full PTSD, but also partial PTSD. Comparing the full and partial disorder, there was a much higher significance in partial over full in women to men. Women had a much higher rate of having “partial PTSD the rates were 3.4% for women and 0.3% for men (a significant difference)” (Stein 1118), compared to “the past-month prevalence of full PTSD was 2.7% for women and 1.2% for men (a ratio of approximately 2:1)” (Stein 1118). Out of the evidence found in this specific study, it emphasizes the fact that the women were more drastically more affected by traumatic effects than men, and in this case it was the traumatic effects that the researchers placed in the subjects lives. The findings that were found in this study seem to support other PTSD studies that were done with a similar intent or subgroup
The researchers said that “The goal of the present study was to administer a series of trauma probes to a community sample of men and women, to determine the rates of full and partial PTSD, and to examine in a preliminary fashion the extent to which these two presentations of posttraumatic stress are associated with functional impairment or disability” (Stein 1114). Overall in the study the results showed that showed that there was not only more women affected by full PTSD, but also partial PTSD. Comparing the full and partial disorder, there was a much higher significance in partial over full in women to men. Women had a much higher rate of having “partial PTSD the rates were 3.4% for women and 0.3% for men (a significant difference)” (Stein 1118), compared to “the past-month prevalence of full PTSD was 2.7% for women and 1.2% for men (a ratio of approximately 2:1)” (Stein 1118). Out of the evidence found in this specific study, it emphasizes the fact that the women were more drastically more affected by traumatic effects than men, and in this case it was the traumatic effects that the researchers placed in the subjects lives. The findings that were found in this study seem to support other PTSD studies that were done with a similar intent or subgroup