stress-related and somatoform disorders

Introduction Every year, thousands of people experience a sports injury, which has an effect on a social, economic, and personal level (Hutchison, 2017a). Sport injury incidence rates can vary from 23.7/1000 hours of game exposure for male floorball players (Snellman et al., 2001), or 7.7/1000 hours of exposure for male soccer players and 5.5/1000 hours of exposure for female soccer players (Hãgglund, Walden, & Ekstrand, 2009) or 1.05/1000 hours for female gymnasts (Hootman, Dick, & Agel,…

their lives afterwards are affected too. They suffer the hardships that no one else will bear and see the horror no one else sees, and because of this I cannot thank them enough. A total of 357,122 veterans have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, with still many more to come, but the number of suicides committed by veterans is far worse than in the civilian population. More veterans have died from suicide than the amount of troops that have been killed…

Grounding is a particular type of coping strategy that is designed to "ground" you in or immediately connect you with the present moment. Grounding is often used as a way of coping with flashbacks or dissociation for people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In this way, grounding can be considered a variant of mindfulness. (https://www.verywell.com/grounding-techniques-for-ptsd-2797300) The technique focuses on utilizing the body’s five senses; touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound to…

Hi, Kathryn, Thank you, this situation is similar to one that happened to military personnel and their families in Jacksonville, North Carolina. According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs: "In the early 1980s at the Marine Corps Base in Lejeune, NC, it was discovered that two on-base water-supply systems were contaminated with the volatile organic compounds trichloroethylene (TCE), a metal degreaser, and perchloroethylene (PCE), a dry cleaning agent. Benzene, vinyl chloride, and…

they spent their entire adult life in the service, most of them cannot relate to, and did not have anything to offer to the society. The ones that go to college, have to face the consequences of the main Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms: anxiety and depression disorders. They have a hard time focusing on the…

Might I have the capacity to make a reasonable solicitation – do you know who likes back torment? Considering all things, I can answer that solicitation for you – no one. Yes, you got that advantage – no one! Back torment is an unending condition that individuals go up against for the span of the day and dependably. There is just around a boundless measure of foundations for back anguish and a wearisome number of painkillers available to cover the torment. Regardless, these painkillers address…

ABSTRACT Combat instigated PTSD is one of the more complicated psychological conditions that occur in the modern world. To add to the complications of treatment, PTSD is often accompanied by other psychological comorbidities and substance use disorders; of which the most frequent is alcoholism. While PTSD is normally associated with veterans (combat or non-combat), many of the studies and treatments designs are based on civilian or non-combat instigated PTSD. The lack of information on PTSD in…

survivors ever escape the environment and travel to a developed country, their stress is still compounded. Factors that contribute to survivors’ stress including uncertainty about the future, the possibility of being sent back to the country they were tortured in, and the lack of any close confidant or social support. Certain conditions in the country they flee to are also risk factors for the victim’s trauma and stress. These conditions include poverty, social isolation, unemployment,…

review 3 selective topic from the chapter: stress reduction with relaxation techniques, Building vocabulary to connect sensorial memories with words, and tell the trauma narrative. All the chapter topics are important and highly effective, I chose the three topics mentioned before as I see them most relevant to my practice as a drama therapist and narrative therapist. Using Art Therapy to Reduce Stress with Relaxation Techniques: A great example of stress reduction given by Ringel and Brandell…

There are many factors that affected the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); from political, industrial, legal and economics together these external environment factors affected the way that veterans received their services. I will begin to describe how the VA was formed and illustrate how all the factors make what it is called today the Department of Veterans Affairs. The United States has the greatest complete system of assistance for Veterans in the world, this system goes back to…