Nina Wells Michelle Cox Psychology 001 12 May 2015 Psychological Disorder: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ also known as PSTD‚ is a unique psychological disorder which may present itself within an individual anywhere between three months to even years after the date of the traumatic event. Symptoms of PTSD can include‚ but is not limited to the following and is usually categorized in four basic symptoms. Intrusive Memories‚ Avoidance‚ Negative Changes in Mood and Behavior
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"There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds." This is a powerful quote by L. Hamilton about invisible wounds/scars. Throughout history the world has been introduced to several disasters‚ terrors and wars. Some of these traumatic events causes stressors that are outside the range of normal human experience. Such as torture‚ rape‚ abuse‚ the Nazi Holocaust‚ the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ natural disasters (such as earthquakes
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Defining and Measuring Crime Introduction This module will examine the importance of criminal data and its effect on the criminal justice system. For instance‚ is it important for a law enforcement agency to evaluate the crimes occurring in their city or jurisdiction? Is it important for citizens to know how safe is the area in which they live? If so‚ how is that information gathered and disseminated to the general public? How does the law enforcement component of the criminal justice system use
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and war” can’t be true since war fails to prove it’s fair. Like any other war‚ nothing was fair in the Vietnam war. It had unfair‚ numerous psychological ramifications on the troops. Many of them felt obligated to go to war‚ they suffered from desensitization from serving‚ and faced hostility upon coming home from the war. These were unjust ramifications that not only impacted the soldiers during the war but after the war ended as well. It all started with the draft. Chaotic doesn’t even begin to
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ability to carry out normal activities‚ mental health professionals classify it as ‘ Anxiety Disorders “. These sufferes may need specialized treatment to overcome their phobias.Many phobias have a special names.The fear of heights is ‘‘Acrophobia”. Agoraphobia is the dread of open
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their lives of a phobia‚ females twice as much as men. It is not only the fear that makes the person anxious‚ but also the fear of the fear. The American Psychiatric Association separates phobias into three general kinds. The most common kind is agoraphobia‚ actually a complex group of fears involved with being in public places. Then there are simple phobias and social phobias. Simple phobias are connected to one thing or to a specific activity‚ like ophidiophobia; fear of snakes or
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Fear: it is constantly around us and apart of each of our lives. Everyone at some point has had that feeling of butterflies in your stomach. Irrational fears are everywhere are known as phobias. Phobias have the potential to greatly affect the way we live our lives. However‚ there are different ways to overcome a phobia. It is never easy to get over something that constantly haunts you or makes you nervous‚ but nothing is ever as impossible as you may think. The word Phobia is from Latin and directly
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Flooding which exposes people to fear-invoked objects to treat phobias‚ anxiety‚ and stress related disorders b. Systematic desensitization which is for client to make a list of fears and then relax while concentrating on these fears‚ this is to assist with phobias as well c. Aversion therapy is pairing an undesirable behavior with aversive stimulates in hopes that the unwanted behavior
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Therapy • Therapy - treatment methods aimed at making people feel better and function more effectively. • Psychotherapy - therapy for mental disorders in which a person with a problem talks with a psychological professional. • Insight therapies - psychotherapies in which the main goal is helping people to gain insight with respect to their behavior‚ thoughts‚ and feelings. • Action therapy - psychotherapy in which the main goal is to change disordered or inappropriate behavior directly. •
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is often thought of as a panic attack‚ which was defined as an extreme sensation of fear and death with severe flight or fight behavioral tendencies. In a study by Basoglu et al. (1992)‚ mentioned in the article‚ patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia recorded anxiety and panic levels in a diary‚ along with the events that were happening at that time. The results showed that 80% of panic attacks were expected‚ and 20% were spontaneous. Also‚ 69% showed that they panicked as a result of a previous
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