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Josh meets the criteria for a diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Since Josh actually witnessed the death of his fiancé, he meets Criterion A in the DSM for PTSD of directly experiencing the traumatic event (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In accordance with Criterion B for PTSD (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), he frequently has flashbacks related to the event in which he feels as though he is reliving the trauma of that day. Josh’s recurrent nightmares related…

Do you value your freedom? As an American citizen, do you completely understand the cost of the lifestyle you live? The freedom of speech, religion, gun ownership, and the fact that these freedoms are protected by the most powerful document in America, the Constitution, came at a grave cost. This cost was, and is paid, by the countless men and women who put themselves in harms way everyday, American military members. In this brief essay I would like to discuss three of these cost, emotional,…

Nasiri Khoozani, E., & Hadzic, M. stated, that the idea of stress in psychology describes the organism’s adjusting physiological, cognitive and behavioral reactions to difficult, and unsafe environments. There are so many different types of stress that it is difficult to put the findings and issues together because there are so many different meanings to all of these types of stress. For example, there is work stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, school stress, family stress, etc. All of…

When a person experiences a traumatic event, their brain stores all of the memories and details into the back of their mind. During random places and random times, sometimes after years have passed by, their mind will unexpectedly send those details and memories back to the persons conscious thought. It is such a scary experience, because that recall of those memories playback in almost the exact way as if the event had occurred over again just now. It is a very disturbing situation and it can…

In 1980, PTSD was officially added to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Friedman). “PTSD, or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a life-threatening events such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorists incidents, serious accidents, or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood” (“Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”). Recently PTSD service dogs have…

A large part of the costs of service dogs is often times offset by volunteer puppy raisers. Volunteers teach the basics; to sit, walk on a leash, house training, and other basic commands. Professional trainers that provide formal training charge around $20,000 to train one dog. If the puppy raisers are paid, the cost can potentially double (Service Dogs). The term “intelligence disobedience” is an essential part of training a guide dog. This means that the dog knows not to follow a command if…

We live in a world where fear and anxiety are common and in some point in our lives we will all witness a traumatic event, however, the way one reacts to trauma can affect him/her in the long-run. Some people are able to cope and progress from the life-threatening event with a fight-or-flight response, which is a natural coping mechanism that protects an individual from harm, while others remain constantly frightened, which leads to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a psychological…

The DSM-V defines PTSD as “as exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violation...The disturbance, regardless of its trigger, causes clinically significant distress or impairment in the individual 's social interactions, capacity to work or other important areas of functioning. It is not the physiological result of another medical condition, medication, drugs or alcohol.” Unlike popular belief, PTSD is not just an anxiety disorder and in actuality represents a much…

consciousness, self-perception, perception of the perpetrator, interpersonal relations and in systems of meaning Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is usually co-morbid with PTSD (Connor, 2008). Client would benefit from the HEALTH model. Having a supportive therapist; Ensuring personal safety; Assisting with daily functioning; Learning to manage core PTSD symptoms (self-regulation); Treating complex PTSD symptoms; and Having patience and persistence to enable ‘‘ego strengthening’’. Having…

War Tragedies Tragedies are all over the world. It can leave you with a great suffering, destruction and distress. These tragedies can affect the people 's lives and change for good. Once these tragedies happen it is hard for people to come back to their normal lives. Some people do not even return back to their normal lives because the tragedy affected them really bad. With something huge that happens it is a difficult time because you may never be the same anymore. These tragedies can…