Complex post-traumatic stress disorder

surviving veteran’s minds. In day to day life for many American people, the Vietnam War is long over. However, the people that were in the war, it is long from being done and gone.There are a number of mental disorders that plague the veterans of the Vietnam War. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Shell Shock, and Depression, just to name a few ( “The Psychological Effects of the Vietnam War” Stanford.edu). To understand why these mental issues came about in the veterans, some background…

(2014). When we look at the way one’s understanding of a disorder, we may find that the dictionary tends to define it as, something that disturbs the normal order of processing in the brain. Once one understand the different types of disorder and the way they work, they might conclude that a disorder is something that interferes with the way your mind is setup and they way it process information. In this course I have learn about many disorders but in this essay I will focus…

of Returning Soldiers, its target audience would be the Command Sergeant Major and First Sergeant of the military unit who have been deployed in a combat mission. The objectives would be • To educate family members about the feelings of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) the soldier may experience returning from deployment. • To give family members information and tips about how to detect signs of PTSD and how to communicate with the retuning soldier to get counseling as a family. • To…

Traced back to the American Civil War, “soldier’s heart,” “shell shock,” “battle fatigue,” “operational exhaustion”(Thompson 2015 p. 43) and finally, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, has become a dangerous factor in many veterans’ and civilians’ lives. The world is always changing and developing, creating new ideas and methods, even new problems and solutions. The American nation is forever moving forward yet, moving backwards as society typically stereotypes and labels problems and sometimes…

the ones forever etched into the psyche. Depression, anger, fear, hopelessness, and isolation: these represent the gloomy colors that PTSD has chosen to carve into the canvas that is a victim’s mind using the stiff bristles of trauma. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental condition or injury that maims soldiers and civilians alike who have been dealt a bad hand in life and had to endure emotionally intense situations. Situations like these leave such devastating scars on the psyche…

experiencing a traumatic event, some people may experience post-traumatic stress disorder. People with this mental health issue have a hard time coping with a terrifying event and can lead to personality changes, isolation, and the risk of developing suicidal tendencies. This was illustrated in Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible.” Signs of PTSD can usually be detected right away, but there are cases where it may take more time for the victims to even notice they are suffering from the…

occurrence of violence, IPV leads to other psychological and physiological disadvantages. Its psychological impacts include increased risk of anxiety, depression (particularly postpartum depression) and symptoms that are characteristic of Post-traumatic stress disorder (Makayoto et al, 2012). Physically, it can have effects on the pregnancy directly by resulting in complications…

common psychological disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression? Or even how can these impressions relate to eating and body dysmorphic disorders, and what about personality disorders? These have all been the topic of conversation for years, and one of the longest debated topics of Psychology and Philosophy. In this essay, we will be exploring the many different points of this argument from influential psychologists to modern scientists alike, explaining how mental disorders are just as…

military. This is due to deployments for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) which have related combat stressors and potentially traumatic events. These combat stressors such as killing an enemy, incoming fire, and seeing human remains have led to mental health problems such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), in fact roughly 30% of returning soldiers report having mental health problems ( (Kim, Britt, Klocko, Riviere, & Adler, 2011). Even though thirty…

Part I – Vignette/DSM V Diagnosis based on Symptomatology It appears that the most appropriate diagnosis for John is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is a fact that he is a combat veteran. He won’t discuss his experiences of his tour of duty in Afghanistan. However, it is reasonable to assume - always a risky thing to do - that his experiences were indeed traumatic. A vital clue can be found in the way that he responds to the query about his experiences. He says that it is “…like nothing…