stress-related and somatoform disorders

be suggestive of posttraumatic stress (Stirling, & Amaya-Jackson, 2008). Other concerns for Emma would relate to the probability of developing a wider range of psychological symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and dissociation later in her life (Hodges, Godbout, Lanktree, & Kletzka, 2013). In Emma’s case, immediate attention to health strategies and interventions will likely assist in enabling Emma to achieve coping skills that will decrease the excessive stress responses ultimately resulting…

Art therapy and Veterans Combat is an event unlike any other, it causes an extreme amount of stress over and over again. About 30% of men leaving war zones will develop post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) (Coolie). “ In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” José Narosky said this in a speech he gave on veterans day in 2010. He was right, men not left with physical injuries from the war are left with mental scars that will not be quick to heal. Art therapy can help them to work though the…

Why Trigger Warnings can not be Implemented In recent discussions of trigger warnings, a controversial issue has been whether college and universities should enforce this movement that prevent students from being exposed to important academic content. A trigger warning is, according to the article The Coddling of the Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, “Alerts that professors are expected to issue if something in a course might cause a strong emotional response” (Haidt, Lukianoff). These…

Mental abuse is a person subjecting or exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, or posttraumatic stress disorder (aifs.gov). Mental abuse is categorized in two categories harsh and subtle. The harsh forms of abuse are intimidation, threats of self harm or harming others, destruction, and isolation. Subtle forms of mental abuse are tactics, insults, and putdowns…

Unbroken is a story by Laura Hillenbrand about an extraordinarily brave and courageous man by the name of Louie Zamperini. Throughout the story he endeavors many inhumane hardships and challenges. Louie is in fact, unbroken. He did not give up regardless of how difficult the issue was he was fighting through. There are thousands of people, all over the world, who have incredible survivor stories similar to Louie’s. These stories vary from abuse of any sort to war stories identical to Louie’s.…

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a reoccurring issue throughout the book The Things They Carried. The author, Tim O’Brien, tells war stories of several different men from the same Alpha Company in Vietnam. The harsh reality of the effects of the Vietnam War is described through the feelings and long-lasting impact it had on soldiers. The emotional and physiological problems faced by war veterans is addressed throughout this whole novel. Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is something…

Introduction Children of all ages experience all types of trauma before, during, and after a natural disaster. For the purpose of this paper, the focus will be on children between the ages of (5 -18). The trauma they may experience are Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and a whole range of other types of stressors. Natural disasters are hurricanes, tornados, floods and fires, and earthquakes. The focus of this paper will be limited to disasters that have…

The most vulnerable moments for a victim of sexual assault or domestic violence is the day after the traumatic event up until even three months after the assault has taken place. Law enforcement should not interrogate victims of trauma directly following after the experience due to the false reporting of a repressed mind and the possibility of re-victimizing the survivor. According to the Cambridge Dictionary (2016), the noun interrogation means “To ask someone many questions in a formal…

Summary: “American Sniper” released in 2014, directed by Clint Eastwood, is a movie about Chris Kyle, portrayed by Bradley Cooper. Chris Kyle was a U.S NAVY SEAL officer, who took his post seriously and made it his sole job to protect his comrades. At first he dreamed of being a cowboy living in Texas, but he had to show his real talent. As he was growing up his father taught him to shoot a rifle and hunt deer. His life took another turn when he finds his then girlfriend sleeping in bed with…

maybe face while being home. They might experience things similar to what happen back in the war and might lash out or go into a depression, this stage maybe be due to a disorder they might bring back from when they were in the war and this it is called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD for short. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that 's triggered by a terrifying event either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and…