PTSD

1. Briefly explain a situation when you used proactive coping? My situation includes a love one that is experiencing health problems and different medical tests are being conducted so many times throughout the year. I immediately start praying for complete healing and positive test results. Also, I do a lot of deep breathing and mediating to relieve the intense anxiety. a. List the inter-related components. • Building a reserve of resources • Recognizing potential stressors • Initial…

Description of the Problem and Relevance of Intervention In 2013, an estimated 679,000 children were victims of abuse and neglect (National Statistics on Child Abuse, 2014), and in 2014, there were about 497,000 reports of child abuse and neglect in California (Kidsdata, 2014). The long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect can be profound and may endure long after the abuse or neglect occurs. The impacts of child abuse and neglect can appear in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, and…

memories, even after treatment. In this article, four veterans share their story about what triggered their PTSD and what they do for treatment. Mercer, Wiry, Leban, and Graves all have something in common, they all suffer from the disease, PTSD and they all tried to seek some form of treatment. Bear, a retired vet, gets a job as a prison guard, but faces most difficulties with his PTSD. While working, Bear spots a Vietnamese co-worker and believes the man is a Vietnamese enemy of the war.…

economy is in crisis and soldiers shows signs of PTSD. The war affected all sorts of people and that is the risk they took. While many individuals initially believed that entering WWI would do good, they soon faced the negative of the experiences they had to deal with while serving in the war. PTSD is post traumatic stress disorder, the side effect soldiers get after being away from war. Studies shows that most of the soldiers get PTSD after coming back from war. Certain sounds could…

Introduction A veteran comes back from the war in Vietnam. Some people thank him for his services and some people dishonor him for what he did in the war. Veterans go through so much during the war and has to go to a center to help them with their PTSD. Many people treat veterans with disrespect because of what they did during their time in combat. Returning veterans or people get treated with either honor, mental help, or with disrespect but mostly disrespect and mental help. Odysseus has a…

Chapter 13 looked at homicide and physical assault. When it comes to the scope of exposure it was stated in the book that “comparing rates of physical assaults across nations is difficult because legal definitions of crime differ. In addition, there is limited access information about physical assaults that are not reported to police. If the legal definition of physical assault differs in two countries or if the proportion of cases reported to police in each country differs, then comparisons…

support almost doubled the odds of resilience, the chance of experiencing risk factors far exceeds the likelihood of having the protective factors. The result of these risk factors leaders to lower post traumatic resilience and a higher likelihood of PTSD, depression, emotional and behavioural issues (1107). These factors help better understand how to better the resilience of child soldier since only 27.6 % possessed post-traumatic resilience. The mental effect on the children led to 36.4%…

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…

using prescription drugs. There are too many people who abuse drugs because it is prescribed by a doctor and they take advantage of their privilege. According to Mithoefer et al. (2010), MDMA-assisted psycho-therapy is acceptable for people chronic PTSD. The study have shown a significant improvement after MDMA-assisted psycho-therapy…

osttraumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD or Posttraumatic syndrome, is a disease that affects individuals who have been exposed to different types of trauma, and more specifically, soldiers and veterans who have been exposed to war. According to the Wounded Warrior Project, “as of September 1, 2015, 400,000 military personnel are dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder, and unfortunately, more women will be exposed than men”, (woundedwarriorproject.org). Many of today’s veterans…