Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Homicide Survivors
Literature Review
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Homicide Survivors
Definitions. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can occur when a traumatic event is experienced and with time, symptoms interfere with daily functioning. (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014) This occurs when the normal stress reaction after a traumatic incident does not go away over time and disrupt life. (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2015) PTSD can be explained as when the reaction to fear is changed because of a traumatic ordeal, and fear is experienced regardless of a lack of danger. (National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.)
Attributes. Trauma is experienced if different ways and has several different criteria for diagnoses. One attribute of PTSD is that the traumatic event that it triggers must be experienced directly, as a witness, as the family or close friend of someone who experienced it directly, or first-hand repetitive exposure to details of traumatic events, not including …show more content…
Accidents in the U.S. cause about 130,547 deaths and 31 injury-related million visits to the hospital a year. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015) Approximately eighteen percent on average of all veterans returning from the last four U.S. involved wars developed PTSD. (National Institute of Health, 2009) There were 1,163,146 instances of violent crime in the U.S. in 2013 according to The Federal Bureau of Investigations (2014). According to a study by Haugen et al. (2012), ten percent, or 150,310 first responders had full-blown PTSD and another 115,739 had partial symptoms of PTSD and would benefit from treatment. A study by Zatzick et al. (2007) shows that victims of violent crime are not usually focused on their mental health after the incident, but a study by Glynn et al. (2003) reports that early intervention is most needed for high-risk
Literature Review
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Homicide Survivors
Definitions. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can occur when a traumatic event is experienced and with time, symptoms interfere with daily functioning. (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014) This occurs when the normal stress reaction after a traumatic incident does not go away over time and disrupt life. (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2015) PTSD can be explained as when the reaction to fear is changed because of a traumatic ordeal, and fear is experienced regardless of a lack of danger. (National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.)
Attributes. Trauma is experienced if different ways and has several different criteria for diagnoses. One attribute of PTSD is that the traumatic event that it triggers must be experienced directly, as a witness, as the family or close friend of someone who experienced it directly, or first-hand repetitive exposure to details of traumatic events, not including …show more content…
Accidents in the U.S. cause about 130,547 deaths and 31 injury-related million visits to the hospital a year. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015) Approximately eighteen percent on average of all veterans returning from the last four U.S. involved wars developed PTSD. (National Institute of Health, 2009) There were 1,163,146 instances of violent crime in the U.S. in 2013 according to The Federal Bureau of Investigations (2014). According to a study by Haugen et al. (2012), ten percent, or 150,310 first responders had full-blown PTSD and another 115,739 had partial symptoms of PTSD and would benefit from treatment. A study by Zatzick et al. (2007) shows that victims of violent crime are not usually focused on their mental health after the incident, but a study by Glynn et al. (2003) reports that early intervention is most needed for high-risk