PTSD

According to The Nebraska Department of Veteran’s Affair, estimated 7.8 percent of Americans had experienced PTSD, also known Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is considered a psychiatric disorder and a mental health issue in the United States. They often develop depression, substance abuse, and anxiety. People that were diagnosed with PTSD had a serious accident, physical or sexual assaulted or a military combat. There three different symptoms, first symptoms is when you’re thinking about…

For this assignment, my group’s topic was Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it is prevalent in the novel, ‘Speak’ by Laurie Hall Anderson. My responsibility was to do the facts and statistics slide and to do the two characters that experienced/influenced PTSD slide. While working on the assignment, I did run into some challenges. The biggest being that it was hard to find facts and statistics on PTSD that were Canadian and relatively recent. I ran into this issue because many…

kill himself. Sergeant Joe was diagnosed with PTSD. People who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event may be considered to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, also known as PTSD. People who suffer through PTSD usually go through re-experiencing or intrusive memory, reactivity, avoidance or hypervigilance, and mood or dissociation symptoms (NAMI and NIMH). Macbeth experiences…

healing of a PTSD victim. “A trigger is anything-- a person, place, thing, or situation-- that reminds your family family member of the trauma and sets off a PTSD symptom, such as a flashback” (Helping Someone with PTSD). For example, a trigger for someone who was once in the military would be gunshots. A way to lower the chances of a trigger causing problems would be to talk to and find out the person’s triggers and try to avoid them as much as possible. Also, it may help both the PTSD victim…

Introduction Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is described by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual as a psychological impairment that causes ‘significant distress’ to an individual’s ordinary interactions and functioning due to exposure to ‘actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violation’ (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). It is estimated that approximately 5-10% of the Australian population suffer or have suffered from PTSD at some point in their lives (Centre for…

under control, through medication and therapy, like there are today. Even though there have been many suicidal attempts and deaths of ex-servicemen, it cannot be said that there is a causal relationship between combat related PTSD and suicide. Mental disorders, including PTSD, allow for 71% - 99% of suicides and are the most significant factor to suicidal thoughts and actions (Krysinska & Lester, 2010). The lack of a causal relationship does not mean…

any other country, the battles are now here in the United States. Veterans with and without PTSD are and will continue to relive those battles in their minds for the rest of their lives. These Battles also have a possibility to spill out on to American street as more and more Veterans join extremist groups who regularly practice home grown terrorism. If Veterans are a threat to Homeland Security then, PTSD, post-war triggers,…

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 lecture and the readings, that I realized the difference between Acute Stress Disorder and PTSD,…

The tight bonds of PTSD pull him down the ocean of dismay. Yanking him away from the surface of life itself. Not only is it hurting him, but it's also hurting his loved ones. I have personally gone through this, however, through adversity and strength, I got through.…

We all are aware of the term PTSD or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder but have you ever witnessed it? PTSD is a mental disorder that occurs when a person goes through a traumatic event or events like war. For me the answer to that question was no until two years ago. Being an air force kid I knew what it was but never really understood. When I moved to joint base McGuire Dix Lakehurst I met an army family. Their father was infantry in the army and had been in for almost 20 years. When I First met…