stress-related and somatoform disorders

Shays ideas relating to war in his book Achilles in Vietnam are valid points relating to each of the other readings as they are all related to soldiers and their PTSD in any war or traumatic experience. Yellow birds is able to prove the points Shay creates about PTSD when the narrator or main character returns home from Iraq, the main character can't even think straight enough to make what we think of as easy no brainer decisions or he does the unthinkable. An example of this is toward the end…

Along with fracturing identity and preserving disorganized and incomprehensible memory flashes of the causal event, trauma breaks the life-narrative of the person, a large part of their loss of identity. The same type of narrative break also applies to communal trauma. A horrific event seems to stop time, severing the pre-trauma past from the present, which only ticks forward on clocks and calendars. The trauma survivor keeps returning to the moment of disruption, replaying the flashes and,…

Such issues may include guilty feeling, posttraumatic stress disorder “PTSD”, depression and forms of substance abuse problems to help cope with the trauma that they have suffered, trafficked victims may often require psychological care as part of their medical treatment (Aspe.hhs.gov, 2017). Furthermore, the severe…

As of December 2014, there were over fifty-nine million forcibly displaced people around the globe. Over nineteen million were classified as refugees. A refugee is described as a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. Refugees are often undeservingly forced to face problematic disasters and challenges in their quest for a better life. Fortunately, most of these people gain qualities such as courage, bravery and compassion on…

Pitt. The movie starts with the Narator/Tyler Durden suffering insomnia, depression, PTSD, narcissism and in the end it's revealed, the narrator has a split personality/ multiple personality or as it is referred to clinically, dissociative identity disorder or (DID). The narrator sees a physician about not being able to sleep (insomnia) and to get prescribed medications…

is a process by which a person overcomes the challenges presented by a mental illness to live a life of meaning and purpose (SC Department of Mental Health, 2009). The core belief of the recovery model of care is that people living with mental disorders can and do better in their-own personal, diverse way. In order to transform mental health clinics to a recovery oriented system or model, staff would need to be re-trained in effective practices to support the recovery process. Training will…

1) There are three forms of therapy in the field of psychology that are the most interesting. One form of therapy that is interesting is the cognitive behavioral therapy. Another interesting form of therapy is electroconvulsive therapy. Lastly, a third interesting form of therapy is existential therapy. Each form of therapy has their own specific goal and key components to reach those goals. 2) Cognitive behavioral therapy has the goal of treating a patient's fear, thought process, and…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live without a face? Robert Cormier’s, “Heroes” tells the story of a world war 2 survivor, Francis, who gets his face torn apart in battle. An unexpected tragedy causes Francis to want to end his life, therefore he enlists in the war. Even though Francis survived, his injury and living with guilt, make his day to day life extremely difficult. Francis’s guilt, self consciousness and shame from the war cause him to want to do unthinkable things,…

P.E.T. is a psychotherapy for PTSD. Created and developed by Edna Foa, Ph. D., P.E.T. teaches you to gradually approach trauma related memories, feelings, and situations that you have been avoiding since the trauma. (Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD, VA). This process makes an affected individual repeat the event over and over. This helps make the memory of such tragic and scary event less and less scary. Once a victim can overcome their fear of the event, it is less likely to affect their…

for theirs and their family’s life. Post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, can come in many different types. This specific sickness can not only affect the person going through the trauma but also the family members in some positive r negative ways. There can be several divers ways on how to recover from PTSD. Different types of PTSD can occur in any situation to any person who has gone through a trauma. The first sort is normal stress response; this occurs when a person has been…