In the past decade there has been a tremendous increase in individuals diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that is caused as a direct result of experiencing or witnessing traumatic or life-threatening events (Iribarren‚ Prolo‚ Neagos & Chiappelli‚ 2005‚ pp. 503-504). Many individuals have suffered from traumas in childhood such as physical abuse‚ mental abuse‚ sexual abuse and bullying which can carry over into adulthood.
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In the book titled “The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the inside out‚” (2012) author Susan Pease Banitt describes Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as‚ “a whole-body tragedy‚ an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” (Bannit) The symptoms of this disorder may vary person to person‚ making the process of diagnosing this condition difficult for healthcare experts. One of the main concerns of those affected by PTSD is that the side effects of the medications they
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Diagnosing and Treating PTSD with the Stroop Effect Yoel Alperin Riverwood International Charter School Many studies have been conducted about the Stroop Effect and about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ however few discuss how the two are related. It’s not surprising that researchers don’t see the two as having any effect on each other and on the surface that is true. It’s hard to believe that a famous study explaining inhibition has any relation to a terrifying disorder caused by extreme trauma
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A person can be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) upon the experience of a traumatic event. PTSD also involves the constant reliving of the trauma and have symptoms of irritability‚ insomnia‚ or emotional outburst. In recent studies‚ patients with PTSD were found to be linked with having high levels of lower back or neck pain. This pain is believed to be a psychological outcome of PTSD rather than physical effect of it. Dunn‚ Passmore‚ Burke‚ and Chiconie (2009) were interested
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Summary ..7 There are hundreds of different kinds of psychiatric disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ 4th ed. (DSM-IV). One of them is called Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Based on the research‚ post-traumatic disorder usually occurs following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military combat‚ natural disasters‚ terrorist incidents‚ serious accidents‚ or violent personal assaults like
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commonly known as PTSD is one of the most common mental health disorders. It mostly affects victims of sexual assault‚ war veterans or soldiers‚ people who sustained a serious injury or the threat of death in which they experienced intense fear‚ horror or powerlessness (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013). In saying this‚ not everyone who has experienced a traumatic event develop PTSD. In New Zealand‚ there are 35.9% of people with severe PTSD‚ 36.9% of moderate and 27.2% mild PTSD (Street‚ 2007)
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While on dexmethylphenidate ER‚ he finally experienced improvement in his executive function‚ with noticeable rise in his grades and decreased episodes of lying and negative behaviors. In clinical practice‚ a lot of factors are involved in the etiology of an
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Traumatic Stress Syndrome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (hereafter referred to as PTSD) has only been a diagnosable disorder since the 1980s. However‚ it has most likely been around for much longer. People have been experiencing intensely stressful situations and events throughout the history of the world and has long persisted in humans under different guises before it was officially recognized as the disorder PTSD. Only recently have scientists been able to further research of this disorder physiologically
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NEED some quotation marks here…. Clinical Definition According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV)‚ A client must meet the following criteria to be classified as having PTSD: Criterion A: Has been exposed to an event involving threatened death or injury‚ during which the individual responded with panic‚ horror‚ and feelings of helplessness. Criterion B: Re-experiences the event in the form of dreams‚ flashbacks‚ memories‚ or unrest at being in situations that remind
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1.) Discuss the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies’ (ISTSS) new PTSD practice guideline grading system. In November of 2007‚ the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) issued new post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) practice guidelines. Using a grading system from “A” to “E‚” the guidelines label several PTSD treatments as “A” treatments based on their high degree of empirical support. They include: Prolonged-exposure therapy‚ Cognitive-processing therapy‚ Stress-inoculation
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