Ptsd Research Paper
Jacqueline Lantau
Pysch 2301
Webster
Sec. 405
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or what doctors call PTSD, is a serious mental illness becoming increasingly serious in our community. PTSD is a mental disorder that develops after a person encounters extreme physical harm or close to damaging harm. Another cause of PTSD is men being deployed into war and experiencing extreme trauma that many Americans go a whole lifetime with out seeing. Post- traumatic stress disorder can be treated but even though there are millions suffering it cannot yet be cured. The treatment lies within the individual when he or she learns to overcome it on his or her own, since the illness lies within our mind. It can be done but it takes great realization and determination …show more content…
You don’t have to have a traumatic experience to suffer from PTSD, you can get it from paranoia, like the war on terror, having images of what could happen to your community during war. Psychologist conducted a study on men with PTSD returning from war such as Operation Iraqi Freedom or The War on Terror in Afghanistan. They found that people suffering are at higher risk for tobacco products, alcohol use or marijuana use as methods to cope (Dryden-Edwards). Dr. Edward Tick, who is a clinical psychotherapist for wartime veterans, explained PTSD to be a lag in the mind that makes it seem like it is frozen in the war state of mind. The subject studied, experiences mind skips where they would recall terrible images or events that had happened to them during battle, which would trigger aggressive behavior and physically drain them (Maegher). Dr. Tick also showed these patients with this disorder showed signs of alienation, loneliness, and survivor’s …show more content…
Post traumatic stress disorder can also be misdiagnosed as Acute stress disorder because of the similarities in the illness but can be re-diagnosed as PTSD once sighs of mental harm are shown. Up until 2005 over 200,000 veterans for foreign wars have received benefits costing the U.S. government over four billion dollars (Dryden-Edwards). Since 2005 there has been an 80% increase in the demand from compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder and an almost 150% increase for compensation for disabilities acquired in wars. This creates higher taxes for the average American has to pay contribution to people coping with this
Pysch 2301
Webster
Sec. 405
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or what doctors call PTSD, is a serious mental illness becoming increasingly serious in our community. PTSD is a mental disorder that develops after a person encounters extreme physical harm or close to damaging harm. Another cause of PTSD is men being deployed into war and experiencing extreme trauma that many Americans go a whole lifetime with out seeing. Post- traumatic stress disorder can be treated but even though there are millions suffering it cannot yet be cured. The treatment lies within the individual when he or she learns to overcome it on his or her own, since the illness lies within our mind. It can be done but it takes great realization and determination …show more content…
You don’t have to have a traumatic experience to suffer from PTSD, you can get it from paranoia, like the war on terror, having images of what could happen to your community during war. Psychologist conducted a study on men with PTSD returning from war such as Operation Iraqi Freedom or The War on Terror in Afghanistan. They found that people suffering are at higher risk for tobacco products, alcohol use or marijuana use as methods to cope (Dryden-Edwards). Dr. Edward Tick, who is a clinical psychotherapist for wartime veterans, explained PTSD to be a lag in the mind that makes it seem like it is frozen in the war state of mind. The subject studied, experiences mind skips where they would recall terrible images or events that had happened to them during battle, which would trigger aggressive behavior and physically drain them (Maegher). Dr. Tick also showed these patients with this disorder showed signs of alienation, loneliness, and survivor’s …show more content…
Post traumatic stress disorder can also be misdiagnosed as Acute stress disorder because of the similarities in the illness but can be re-diagnosed as PTSD once sighs of mental harm are shown. Up until 2005 over 200,000 veterans for foreign wars have received benefits costing the U.S. government over four billion dollars (Dryden-Edwards). Since 2005 there has been an 80% increase in the demand from compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder and an almost 150% increase for compensation for disabilities acquired in wars. This creates higher taxes for the average American has to pay contribution to people coping with this