overcome by a feeling of unexplainable immense dread and grief. This is the pain that people with post-traumatic stress disorder face on a daily basis. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ a mental health condition‚ is triggered by daunting events. Thus‚ veterans‚ survivors of abuse and rape‚ victims of natural disasters and accidents‚ and emergency responders are especially at risk of developing this disorder. The best way to combat this illness is through support programs. Therefore‚ the treatment
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A person can be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) upon the experience of a traumatic event. PTSD also involves the constant reliving of the trauma and have symptoms of irritability‚ insomnia‚ or emotional outburst. In recent studies‚ patients with PTSD were found to be linked with having high levels of lower back or neck pain. This pain is believed to be a psychological outcome of PTSD rather than physical effect of it. Dunn‚ Passmore‚ Burke‚ and Chiconie (2009) were interested
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Military Families Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) involves numerous symptoms for sufferers‚ but the family members around that individual must endure those symptoms as well. Individuals living within the home of a returning military member may struggle with the symptoms associated with the military member’s illness. The individual with the illness often exhibits symptomatic withdrawal from his family (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2000)‚ which
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I am investigating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) in veterans and how it can be treated. PTSD has been around since the world’s very first conflicts‚ but it wasn’t until the 1900’s that is was medically recognized as a Mental disorder. The amount of veterans suffering from this disorder without treatment is un-imaginable. Often times veterans refuse to seek treatment for this disorder because they are afraid of the consequences of treatment. Veterans wouldn’t need to be treated if we take care
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Stress can be a tricky situation depending on the individual(s) involved. Consequently‚ every individual has their own perception with events and situations that they become involved. Some views situations as normal‚ whereas others that encounter the same situation may take a different approach. Although‚ there are several situations that may lead to a stressful orientation. Comer noted two types of stress disorders‚ acute and posttraumatic‚ acute stress is defined as a disorder that a person experience
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Construct Development February 18‚ 2013 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Construct Development Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is experienced by peoples of all cultures‚ nationalities‚ races‚ genders‚ and ages. A young child or an elderly person can suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. An individual suspected in having PTSD would need to meet certain criteria in order to be officially diagnosed with PTSD. An evaluator would need to use a combination of
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ or otherwise known as PTSD‚ is a disorder that affects many who have served in the military or those whov had a bad upbringing such as abuse. It is a “debilitating anxiety disorder”(HealthLine) that happens after observing or suffering through a distressing event. This occurrence may have put the onlooker or victim at risk of impairment or death. The symptoms of PTSD can range from reexperiencing the traumatic event to avoiding others so the likelihood of the event
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POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Chrishanda Anderson College Writing 101/N1 Rm.412 Mr.Saifi July 5‚ 2010 Post traumatic stress
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of both a mental health and a substance use disorder is referred to as co-occurring disorders.” (SAMHSA‚ n.d.) Many people that suffer from the disease of addiction have experienced a traumatizing event in their life. These same people also suffer from an issue of diagnosing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The issue of a dual diagnosis of addiction and PTSD is which do you address first? Then there is the someone with co-occurring disorders. Substance abuse can cause mental illness
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Post Traumatic Stress in Vietnam Veterans For more than twenty years‚ Patricia Dietz‚ a wife of a Vietnam veteran‚ has suffered along with her husband the effects of post traumatic stress disorder. She has stated that‚ "It has changed everything; it has affected the rest of his and her life." Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is when a person‚ in this case a veteran from Vietnam‚ is haunted by his memories of war and death so badly that it affects not only the rest of his life‚ but others
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