Exposure effect

Cognitive Processing Therapy Trauma can happen to a variety of people; old and young, rich and poor, male and female; through the use of physical, verbal or sexual abuse, even while stationed in the military. One study focused on Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and compared its effectiveness to Present-Centered Therapy (PCT). Those who participated were diagnosed with PTSD related to military sexual trauma (both men and women) within three months before the study have more than one clear…

Introduction According to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health problem that can occur after a traumatic event such as combat, assault, or disaster (PTSD.VA.gov). PTSD is both acute and chronic (Kirst-Ashman, 2017). Symptoms detection of the chronic form can take months or years to appear (Kirst-Ashman, 2017). Some symptoms that may occur after a traumatic experience are depression, substance abuse, and anxiety (Kirst-Ashman, 2017). The…

An estimated 70 percent of adults in the United States have experienced a traumatic event at least once in their lives, and about 20 percent of these people go on to develop PTSD (Mahoney). Understanding the causes, symptoms, and treatments is the first step to understanding the condition as a whole. There are major causes that experiences in the military may cause people to develop both physical and mental reactions. When people are affected mentally, they sometimes have stress reactions that…

treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy offered through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. During twelve sessions, soldiers are taught to change and handle their upsetting thoughts into new perspectives. Another form of therapy is prolonged exposure therapy. Through PE, soldiers are able to progressively advance towards their traumatic memories, feelings, and situations that the soldier had once been avoiding. Aside from therapy, medications are available for PTSD. The most common…

misdiagnosis, became worse and they were unable to function well in society. This brought PTSD to light and help and treatment ensued. Just from understanding that people come back from war and may suffer from PTSD, we can assume that PTSD is caused from an exposure to a traumatic event. A traumatic event can be anything to anyone, but is most commonly associated with natural and man-made disasters, violent crimes, a serious accident, terroristic events, and of course warfare (Swartz, 2001).…

As a Brazilian, I am very familiarized with violence and its consequences, therefore, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a familiar expression to me. Differently from the U.S, where PTSD can be related to psychological scars of the war(s), Brazil has its’ rates most associated with street violence and crimes, and this became a trigger to increase mental health issues all over the country. However – despite being acquainted with the theme – it was only after reflecting on Chapter 5, the…

inquiry, and the results drawn from each study, as Levine’s conclusion contradicts that of Latané and Darley’s bystander behaviour theory because the witnesses did not behave in a way that could be explained by applying Latané and Darley’s bystander effect…

help another in a time of need, people need to discern the reasoning of why they believe it is not their responsibility to intervene. The attack in New York City launched a whole new feel of study into something that became known as the bystander effect—why some people can see something bad happened right before their eyes and failed to act. In 1964 the stabbing of a twenty-eight year old woman coming home from work one night in New…

Throughout the school day students come into contact with many different teachers. Each teacher has different expectations and requirements for their class. Each student in each class are unique individuals. They come from different backgrounds, have different home lives and different upbringings. Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs states individuals must have their basic needs meet first in order to advance forward toward self-actualization. Self-actualization includes creativity, problem…

goes through the atmosphere, to the surface where is it absorbed and radiated again as heat. About ninety percent of gasses in the earth’s atmosphere is absorbed of heat of which is radiated back to the surface. This process is called the greenhouse effect. To continue, humans add a lot of extra gasses into the atmosphere, which warms up the whole place. The gasses mainly responsible for this include CO2( the main one), water vapor, methane and nitrous oxide. The gasses are natural, but too much…