disorder‚ Intelligence‚ PTSD‚ IQ‚ Risk factors. Precis This paper began years ago when‚ as a police officer‚ and later as an instructor in the private sector working with military special forces units‚ I came into contact with sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ and began to wonder how best to help them. During independent study of the subject I sought to understand the signs and symptoms‚ as well as the risk factors for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Being that police officers
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PTSD: What It is and How to Cope Callie O. Sizemore Perry Central High School Introduction My research paper today is on how to cope with PTSD. PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder is a mental health problem anybody could get‚ depending on what happened to create the event‚ such as fighting in a war‚ or a natural disaster‚ like Hurricane Katrina. These events can induce extreme levels of stress when mentioned. Thousands of people in the United States alone have PTSD‚ and many do not know
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Week 1 - Webliography Assignment Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) This assignment is worth up to 50 points and involves researching and writing an entry for the Webliography section of our course. The assignment references the following TCOs: * TCO1 as it applies to cause-and-effect research in social psychology * TCO 3 as it applies to the effects of a psychological disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is caused by a person’s experiencing
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Anxiety Disorders PTSD Introduction In this paper I will discuss the multitude of issues faced by clinicians in assessing and diagnosing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I will attempt to explore the many factors which influence the occurrence and manifestation of PTSD. I will critically discuss this question by exploring the nature of anxiety‚ the relationship between anxiety and PTSD‚ how PTSD is influenced by different life-stages‚ cultural influences impacting on PTSD‚ the nature of traumatic
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Definition: “Post-traumatic stress disorder (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.” By Mayo Clinic Staff PTSD symptoms: are generally grouped into four types: intrusive memories‚ avoidance‚ negative changes in thinking and mood‚ or changes in emotional reactions. Causes: -Inherited mental health risks
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Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Rosenthal). PTSD is defined as re-experiencing‚ avoidance‚ and arousal‚ due to a traumatic event. The symptoms are either long lasting or have a delayed onset (Oltmanns & Emery‚ 2012). A traumatic event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury to self or others‚ can create intense feelings of fear‚ helplessness‚ or horror (Oltmanns & Emery‚ 2012). This traumatic event then can lead to a serious anxiety disorder such as PTSD. Examples range from witnessing
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What makes people more vulnerable to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following a traumatic event‚ and how can PTSD be prevented? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) IV defines an individual with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as having been exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following have occurred; firstly‚ the person either experienced or witnessed an event that involved “actual or threatened death or serious injury‚ or a threat to the physical
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the U.S Defense Department and the New England Journal of Medicine report similar findings‚ which state that 1 in 6 soldiers and marines return from Iraq with symptoms of PTSD. Less than 40% of these soldiers look for help‚ in fear of losing their military positions (Hoge et al.‚ 2004). Posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD causes its victims to feel frightened‚ worried and stressed in normal situations in which an unaffected person would feel comfortable. It is a mental disorder caused by the
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PTSD was not introduced as a psychiatric disorder until 1980 with the earliest cases of these were of veterans coming back blind after suffering emotional state of shock from experiencing the death of a fellow soldier right in front of their eyes (Frey‚ "Military mental health"). Dating as far back as the civil war when they first started to notice PTSD‚ the doctors would come up with new theories and ideas of how people got PTSD. They would mostly focus on two ideas
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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disease that is triggered by a traumatic event. I have been struggling with PTSD‚ major depression‚ and anxiety for the past seven years of my life. It stinks to have to live with a mental illness. There’s so many people that just push them aside and just think they’re all make believe. They aren’t in my shoes. They haven’t been through what I’ve been through. What triggered my PSTD was that my father passed away when I only ten years old.
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