stress-related and somatoform disorders

Although a war is fought between nations,it is really fought by individuals who stand to lose everything in the process.The things the nations lose is nothing compared to what each and every soldier loses. Even after the war is over and the soldiers go home to their families,the war isn't over for them.The actual war is over,but the war in their own head has just began.Many soldiers can't adapt to their lives after the war.Sometimes they aren't ever the same.Some soldiers get mental…

Rehabilitation for Child Soldiers There are many reasons why child soldiers need rehabilitation,one reason being PTSD, this is a psychological disorder that affects the mind after seeing traumatic things, for example if a soldier were to see war for 5-10 years. For example, some kids were forced to kill their families.Drugs played another role in gaining children's trust during the war, high powers/older soldiers would give the kids drugs and tell them it gives them power. Some kids…

As a registered nurse working in the medical field, it will be highly likely that a patient will come across one day, with post-traumatic stress syndrome that will require the nurses care. Webster dictionary defines post-traumatic stress syndrome, better known for its acronym as PTSD as “a psychological reaction occurring after experiencing a highly stressing event (such as wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster) that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks…

1. Previous research and authors’ rationales for conducting their study 100 word minimum The article contained numerous references to studies conducted in reference to people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Severe Mental Illness and the abnormally high rates of PTSD amongst people with Severe Mental Illness. For example the normal rates of PTSD amongst the subjects tested without SMI was 3.5%. Subjects that suffered from SMI had a higher rate of PTSD at around 28% to 43%. The…

As Barlow and Durand (2015) said, individuals might have dissociative experiences after a very a very stressful event has occurred, which may cause individuals to feel detached from themselves or their surroundings, almost as if they are dreaming or living in slow motion (p. 195). In other words, an individual might develop dissociation as a defense mechanism that will allow him/her to escape or disconnect from thoughts, memories, emotions, or situations that are highly stressful and undesired.…

from war. Junger analyses why it is hard for war veterans are unable to adapt to life back home. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Having worked as a reporter for 15 years in Afghanistan, Junger saw the traumatic effects of war on the human psyche. It was only until he came back home to New York that he realized there was wrong: he was suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). When we experience stressful or traumatic situations, we react by feeling angry…

Shellshocked: Both Veterans and the Greater Community The shells were coming without stop, the only way we could function was by playing cards, and comforting one another. We could only imagine what it would look like once the shelling stopped. This is a common story of the many soldiers during the great war. Although everyone was excited and exuberant about the war in the beginning, soldiers began to regret going into the battle because the profiteers were sitting back at home, and they…

persistent PTSD from any other disorder, is that there is always a constant…

certain mental disorders predict the later onset of substance use and abuse (Swendsen et al., 2010). Through exploring the different pathways of development of comorbid disorders, it becomes clear there is a mutual maintenance pattern that appears to occur between the two disorders (Smith & Book, 2008). This mutual maintenance pattern means that once both disorders are present in an individual they each mutually maintain, perpetuate, and exacerbate the course of the other disorder.…

problems such as, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain syndromes (McLean, Clauw, Abelson, & Liberzon, 2005). The biopsychological model has conceptualized the cognitive-behavioral factors, such as pain-related fear and avoidance, which influence the development of chronic pain in many individuals (McLean et al., 2005). Moreover, McLean et al. (2005) suggests that there is increasing evidence that specific neurobiological mechanisms within central stress systems may participate…