Psychiatria Danubina‚ 2012; Vol. 24‚ No. 3‚ pp 256-266 © Medicinska naklada - Zagreb‚ Croatia Review THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) Nenad Jakšić1‚ Lovorka Brajković1‚ Ena Ivezić2‚ Radmila Topić1 & Miro Jakovljević1 1 Department of Psychiatry‚ University Hospital Centre Zagreb‚ Croatia 2 Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”‚ Zagreb‚ Croatia revised: 10.8.2012; accepted: 22.8.2012 received: 28.6.2012; SUMMARY Background: A number of studies have
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders PSY 240 August 11‚ 2013 Marie Dube ’ Analyzing Psychological Disorders Today I will be discussing schizophrenia‚ the associated symptoms‚ the areas of the brain that it affects‚ the neurological basis of the disorder and the various treatment options that are available. Afterwards I will be reviewing two separate case studies‚ the first will be of a 33 year old man has been through a variety of inpatient treatment facilities for his alcoholism‚ and
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been the focus of considerable attention‚ and some controversy‚ since it was formally recognised in 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association. This essay will discuss the history of this relatively new diagnosis and its place within the DSM-IV-TR‚ whilst three perspectives of pathological reaction to trauma‚ namely‚ socio-cultural‚ psychological and biological factors will also be compared. In conclusion this essay will discuss how the three perspectives
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There are two ways of managing stress; either psychologically or biologically. One of the psychological methods is Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT)‚ which is a form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Meichenbaum developed SIT in 1985 to allow a person to cope with stress before the problem actually arises. SIT helps people inoculate themselves against stress and turn their negative thoughts into positives using inoculation. There are 3 steps to inoculation: 1. Conceptualisation phase – The therapist
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Psychological Disorder Paper An out-of-body experience is explained by few as a sense of being detached from one’s body‚ and if associated with other factors like a sense that the world is not real‚ far away‚ or even foggy. This with the combination of failure to recall significant personal information‚ or the content of a meaningful conversation forgotten from one second to the next are signs of a psychological disorder known as Dissociative Disorder. Considered as a rare and mysterious psychiatric
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Psychology Research Paper People are constantly diagnosed with psychological mental disorders on an everyday basis. A common psychological disorder in today’s society is posttraumatic stress‚ which is a health effect diagnosed with flashbacks. It is a normal disorder people encounter in an everyday basis. We face hardships in life that sometimes may be difficult to control. Everyone may be diagnosed with this mental disorder‚ depending on what they have been through in life which is known as
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be unable to support his children and lose the new townhouse that he purchased. Michael’s chest pains are becoming more frequent and he fears that he may be dying. 1. What are the causes of stress in Michael’s or Jennifer’s life? How is stress affecting Michael’s or Jennifer’s health? Michael’s stress is brought about both from his home life and his work life. At home‚ his heart is broken after losing his wife and two children in a divorce. Although he can still see his children‚ it is not
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that are not tangible or visible to the untrained eye. Therefore‚ people do not comprehend the necessary emphases that should be placed on psychological health. Hank Green‚ narrator of the educational series Crash Course‚ states in the video titled “Psychological Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #28”‚ “Mental health clinicians define psychological disorders as deviant‚ distressful‚ and dysfunctional patterns of thought‚ feelings‚ or behavior.” For further understanding he goes on to explain that
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War on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Com/172 In this paper I plan to take a look how war and Post traumatic stress disorder has affect our country. Our country has been affected by many wars throughout history. Also our service members have had some issue once they return form combat. Not until recently have we put a name to it‚ which is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. PTSD has had huge effect on the public and is a key factor with the alarming rate of ex-military personnel that are
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Many People are affected by Post-traumatic Stress disorder(PTSD)‚ an anxiety
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