stress-related and somatoform disorders

Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder which is characterized by seizures. When a person near you has an epileptic seizure, it can be a very scary and frightening experience. Learning how to handle the situation will make it less dangerous for the victim and less stressful for you and the people watching it. I have listed some steps to teach you what to do. First of all, take a mental note of the duration of the victim's seizure. If the seizure lasts more than 5 minutes, call 911 immediately.…

In my opinion, being a military social worker would take a great amount of knowledge, skills, strength, and inner power. When I think about military social work, my mind automatically reflect about pain, distress, and mental illness. I believe that many people who are in the military are faced with various risks due to the environment and duties that they must endure. From the movies and information that I have learned over the years, the military environment is dangerous and has many negative…

Healing Trauma Trauma is a bad and painful a person has experienced. Trauma prevents people from living a normal life. Healing trauma isn’t easy as it looks like. Most people find it hard to let go of the painful experiences they had to encounter. The first road to healing trauma is recovery. Recovery is not necessarily completely forgetting the painful experience a person encountered in some stage in life. Recovery can be defined as being able to focus on the future without being affected by…

American Sniper is the film adaptation of the life of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. It was directed by Clint Eastwood, and it follows Chris Kyle’s life story, starting when he was a young child and going all the way until he was killed by a recovering veteran that he was helping after he returned from his tours in the middle east. The movie spends virtually equal time showing us what he did during his time at war, and how it affected his life at home. It does a good…

Trauma, a term derived from the Greek term for ‘wound’. Terrifying or emotionally disturbing events and situations may create an outcome of a psychological wound (trauma). Traumatic events are distressing incidents, that interfere with an individual’s daily life. These may be threatening towards a person’s life, psychological or physical health. Each individual human, has a different reaction to similar situations. The same one event may have polar opposite reactions by different people. The…

Imagine a family walking through a field in Central Africa when suddenly attacked by armed soldiers. The soldiers force the children to kill their parents during their abduction. This is a frequent occurrence in Africa where the Lord’s Resistance Army is lurking. Child abductions are a huge problem in Central Africa because after being abducted girls are often forced to marry commanders and there are few reception centers available for care after being saved. The Lord’s Resistance Army is still…

INTRODUCTION Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a growing problem amongst active duty military and veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs reports eleven to twenty percent of veterans are diagnosed with PTSD (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2015). With respect to OIF/OEF Veterans, PTSD has been found to be a risk factor for suicidal ideation (Jakupcak, Vannoy, Imel, Cook, Fontana, Rosenheck & McFall, 2010). It is estimated twenty-two veterans commit suicide per day (Kemp &…

PTSD is one of the most common problems with soldiers these days. In this paper I will do my best to describe PTSD and certain symptoms and certain ways that one can help make process in their recovery. One in every three recruits will leave the service with at least some case of PTSD whether it be a light case or a heavy cases. (Mayo clinic staff.1) In several cases the symptoms become worse as the soldiers life progresses and causes families to break apart, divorce, ending friendships, and…

Thousands of veterans suffer from Post Traumatic Stress 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…

to put in effort in response that called for access to mental health service for veterans, service members, and military families (Office of the Press Secretory,2014). NRAP contributes research on traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and methods to avoid and prevent suicide among American service members (National Research Action Plan,2013). The agencies have…