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All Quiet on the Western Front and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder All Quiet on the Western Front causes its readers to imagine the horrors of war. "In the branches dead men are hanging. A naked soldier is squatting in the fork of a tree, he still has his helmet on, otherwise he is entirely unclad. There is only half of him sitting up there...and somewhere else is plastered a bloody mess that was once a human limb. Over there lies a body...” (Remarque 172-173). Reading quotes like this one…

Literature Review History of PTSD Prior to the classification by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as a distinct mental health disorder (APA, 1980), characteristic symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder have been identified and recorded throughout history. During the late 18th and early 19th century, the industrial revolution, despite being a man-made distressing event, was one of the first cases of PTSD external to a military conflict. Throughout the industrial revolution,…

“Repetition compulsion” (Potamianou 945) is utilized to alleviate the tensions produced by trauma. However, the process results in two paradoxes that make it difficult for the mind to achieve alleviation from trauma (Potamianou 946). The first paradox is the “presence of what is absent” (Potamianou 947), which develops when traumatic experiences are kept outside David’s memory while his psychic apparatus is exposed to compulsive repetitions of Dulcie (Potamianou 947). She is the unspeakable…

High rates of PTSD in Iraq War veterans are being seen, as well as a number of other difficulties, including alcohol and drug use, and depression. This may not be too surprising to read as the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are in the news everyday, as are reports of their effect on the mental health of the men and women serving there. A majority of service members in Iraq and Afghanistan have encountered traumatic experiences and high rates of PTSD and other difficulties have been found.…

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palpitations and rumination of negative thoughts. She believes that a childhood trauma, sexual abuse between…

aspect of trauma treatment. In the future, I plan to take Psychology classes to create more understanding behind the types of patients and individuals that I may encounter at my future clinic. In talking to my academic adviser, I have been told of the various pathways that can help me in reaching my goal of helping trauma patients. By majoring in fields like business, humanities, or social work, The University of Washington Tacoma can help to create a road to my future facility for trauma…

There is a wealth of evidence to show that looked after children and young people (LACYP) have increased health risks and problems (often due to abuse, poverty and neglect) (Jackson, 2007; Gatward, et al., 2003; Sergeant, 2006). Owing to these experiences, we see increased numbers of LACYP partaking in risky behaviours, engaging in early and unprotected sexual activity and are particularly vulnerable to sexual exploitation (Brodie & Pearce, 2012) (DofH, 2004). This has influenced the rationale…

due to the elements of surprise. It is also a perception many officers will appear strong and avoid demonstrating weaknesses by suppressing and denying any trauma (John et al, 1995). This could be due to the police subculture either directly, or indirectly influencing police officers to hide this behaviour. By suppressing, or denying any trauma an officer experiences can negatively add emotional stress on a police officer while on duty, or…

management teams) during the exposure to a critical incident. Within this entanglement, the three roles are defined with their own dysfunctional aspects. The Victims render themselves helpless reducing their power to adequately cope with their crisis or trauma. This produce negative thoughts increased by self-blaming and they spend countless hour…