PTSD

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is a disorder that can effect men, women, and children. It can occur after someone goes through or experiences a traumatic event like combat, assault, or disaster (Weathers, Blake, Schnurr, Kaloupek, Marx, & Keane, 2013). Although, in early research this disorder was rooted originally with soldiers who experienced horrific exposure during the war, studies show anyone exposed a trauma, are at risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). According to Whiston…

Disorder, also called PTSD. Many of them have committed suicide from the pain of the disorder but many are also alive fighting through it. As a PTSD poster states “Having PTSD does not mean you are broken. It merely means you were put to the test and didn’t fall apart”. Studies show that only about half of the veterans who need mental health care seek treatment, some people get treatment from getting prescribed medicine, support animals or therapy. “The main symptom of PTSD is reliving the…

Disorder, PTSD, (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder ). PTSD is a mental health problem that people have the chance to develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event such as; combat, a natural disaster, a car accident, or sexual assault ( “PTSD: National Center for PTSD” ). PTSD wasn’t added to the manual for mental disorders until 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association ( “Post-traumatic Stress Disorder's Effect on U.S. Veterans Explored on CBS Radio News." ). “PTSD was also…

disturbances that combat veterans (suffering from PTSD) indicated and non-PTSD people who suffered from insomnia. Their main point was to see how the two groups differ in terms of symptoms and sleep disturbances as a whole. The method used in their study consisted of two separate groups. One was of Veterans who were diagnosed with PTSD and the other group was just a group of people who suffered from insomnia. They had no tie to the disorder of PTSD. They distinguished sleep disturbances between…

victims of PTSD. The results were also heavily supported by corresponding research as seen in table 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. The four main structures, which form the neural circuitry of stress, involved in PTSD neurological changes (hippocampus, PFC, insular lobe and amygdala) have been investigated structurally and functionally to assess how these abnormalities affect the workings of the brain. The hippocampus is a crucial structure in the development, effects and continuation of PTSD. The…

20% of these people go on to develop PTSD. As of today, that equates to approximately 44.7 million people who were or are struggling with PTSD” (PTSD Statistics, 2013). The problem is, individuals with PTSD are not being properly diagnosed or getting the treatment they need to overcome this disorder. In her article about this PTSD crisis, Lois Beckett states, “Few similar efforts exist for civilian trauma victims. Americans are not getting treatment for PTSD. They’re not even getting diagnosed”…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in layman terms would be someone who has suffered from a life-threatening event. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a recently identified mental disorder, having been formally named in the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–III; American Psychiatric Association, 1980). Many of the greatest psychiatrist such as Benjamin Rush, Pinel, and Briquet as well as several French…

Brain: The Physiological Effects of PTSD Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that can develop after an individual has been exposed to, or has witnessed a traumatic event. The most common symptoms of PTSD are flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, lack of concentration, emotional numbing, difficulty remembering events related to the trauma, avoidance of reminders of the event, and hyperarousal. In addition to the psychological manifestations of PTSD, there are underlying physiological…

PTSD PTSD otherwise known as Post-traumatic stress disorder, Shell shock or battle fatigue syndrome they are all the same and all have the same effects. PTSD is a mental health condition which is triggered by a traumatizing event. The disorder is very common in the military world with personnel experiencing war and the horrifying tragedy’s that happen during war. The Soldiers experience things the people living freely in the country do not. This does not mean civilians are prone to the disorder…

Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that people are diagnosed with after they have experienced a traumatic event. PTSD is commonly linked to soldiers who come back from fighting in the war and experience emotional anxiety, but anyone can get PTSD. A traumatic event can be anything from a sudden death of someone close to living through a violent rape. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Complimentary and Alternative Medication, and Medications are the treatment plans available for PTSD. How…