Posttraumatic stress disorder

Obenchain, J. (2014). Treatment of Vietnam War veterans with PTSD: A comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, biofeedback, and relaxation training. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8, 337-341. This article presents a study of Vietnam Soldiers receiving inpatient treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. The author points out the lack of EMDR, biofeedback, and relaxation training after criticism was elaborated on. The lack of literature known by government officials and…

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was officially recognised as a clinical syndrome in 1980 in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) DSM-III stimulating scientific interest, resulting in a surge of research. Individuals needing treatment were being identified through clinical measures that then guided treatment distribution (Marshall, Spitzer, & Liebowitz, 1999). Two measures developed was the Penn Inventory for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Hammarberg, 1992) and the…

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reaction to the event. The traumatic stressor can develop into Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) if they had a strong reaction to the event: although, not everyone who witnesses or experiences a traumatic event will be diagnosed with PTSD. According to the DSM-V and the American Psychiatric Association, PTSD is a “psychological disorder that develops…

communicating with those around you, being on edge due to the “stressors” of life, one’s way of thinking to be molded based on the experience, or even physical damage to one’s body. Bassett, Deborah, Dedra Buchwald, Spero Manson. “Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Symptoms among American Indians and Alaskan Natives: A Review of the Literature.” Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology. Vol. 49 Issue 3 (2014): p 417-433. Print. This article goes into findings about resources for clinicians…

than 17,530 US troops in 2009 were hospitalized for mental disorders. Traumatic brain injury is the most prominent injury that occurs in war with more than 50% of all combat related casualties a result of brain injury. With the advances in treatment and evacuation, however, more wounded soldiers are surviving than they did just a few years ago. However, hundreds of thousands are coming home and suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder with a significant percentage of those who are suffering…

Because Southeast Asians have a strong support from their ethnic community, playing an important role in helping them deal with depression and cope with stress. This is due to the fact that immigrant suffer from the lack of support and understanding in their new country than any other factor. There is a gap in literature, because studies over the years on mental health needs of a refugee and immigrants…

sometimes prolonged stay in ICU, patients often experience strong physical and psychological stress, including critical life threatening illness, terror, lack of privacy, noises, pain, sedation, sleep deprivation, delirium and the unnatural ICU environment (Ullman and all, 2014). These experiences impact on a patient’s recovery from critical illness and may result in both physical and psychological disorders (Ullman…

Case Study: Pat Salatano (Bradley Cooper) Introduction: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a very common disorder that according to Adaa.org affects over seven point seven million adults over the age of eighteen in the United States alone. The disorder was first mentioned in the year 1952 in the DSM-I but was first referred to as “Gross Stress Reaction”. It was not featured in the second edition of the DSM, published in 1968 however. The disorder was next mentioned in the DSM-III in the early…

Although the goal of post incidents reviews is spearheaded on the premises of public protection such examination could hinder future performances by officers (Regehr & Bober, 2005). Ultimately such performance review boards lead to high levels of stress on the…