believed that this process can enable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) individuals to recognize that their truama related fears and anxieties will not harm them. This exposure also allows the fear to diminish. Prolonged therapy may last about three months and is an individual session. Although this may relate more to seeking treatment‚ there is also the task of revealing other related illnesses. Many individuals with PTSD may also have a mental health disorder such as depression
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Childhood Gender Nonconformity: A Risk Indicator for Childhood Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress in Youth Andrea L. Roberts‚ Margaret Rosario‚ Heather L. Corliss‚ Karestan C. Koenen and S. Bryn Austin Pediatrics; originally published online February 20‚ 2012; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1804 The online version of this article‚ along with updated information and services‚ is located on the World Wide Web at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/02/15/peds.2011-1804 PEDIATRICS
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Disorder (PTSD)‚ it is a type of anxiety that is triggered by a traumatic event that threatens your safety or makes you feel helpless. In some cases Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in commonly presented with soldiers and war veterans. It also occur when someone experienced it‚ witnessed it or who has with the aftermath. Theses event include: rape‚ natural disasters‚ car and plane crash‚ war‚ terrorist attack‚ and the list goes on. The symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) include:
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is triggered from traumatic experiences such as‚ horrid childhood‚ flashbacks‚ and possibly nightmares. Natural disasters‚ rape‚ sexual assaults‚ war veterans‚ or any other serious experiences could lead to having post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD has several symptoms‚ which vary from diagnosed patients. Symptoms occur naturally to stressful events such as‚ irritability‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ guilt‚ increasing substance abuse‚ negativity
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People with PTSD may feel frightened or stressed even when they are no longer in danger. PTSD is caused by genes and brain areas. Scientists are currently focusing on genes that play a role in creating fear memories. A brain structure called the amygdala is responsible for its role in memory‚ learning‚ and emotion. Differences in these gene and brain structures do not directly cause PTSD‚ but they set the stage and allow PTSD to develop if there were a traumatic incident. PTSD can occur at any
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Depression is also a symptom of PTSD. Holden is talking to someone that he knows is gone. The feeling of loneliness that he is feeling is another indicator of PTSD. He often feels alone and he thinks that the other people in his life do not want him there‚ which adds to his emotion of loneliness‚ which is an indicator of PTSD. Holden acknowledges the fact that he’s not thinking straight. He just knows that his head isn’t on straight
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to the reader to venture in to is what Odysseus has going on inside his head. How did the Trojan War affect Odysseus mentally? Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition
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Recent studies on medicinal marijuana show benefits in its use for cancer‚ seizures and PTSD conflicting reports cause doubt in its benefits. The topic of marijuana as a medical drug as a treatment has sparked much controversy. Generally people tend to be fiercely on one side‚ for or against medicinal marijuana‚ while some remain undecided‚ believing much more research is needed. Cancer research has shown that marijuana can drastically reduce nausea associated with chemotherapy and may also aid chemotherapy
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Jack Gunderson English 121 Formal Slaughter House Five Paper Distress Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ is an affliction from which many war veterans suffer while trying to maintain their normal daily lives. Although anyone can get post-traumatic stress disorder‚ it is most common among war veterans because of the extremely distressing and gruesome events that they endure while serving active duty in wartime. In the novel Slaughterhouse Five‚ the author‚ Kurt Vonnegut‚ depicts
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dangers). To further qualify for a diagnosis of PTSD‚ patients must have at least one symptom in the reexperiencing category‚ three avoidance symptoms‚ and two arousal symptoms. Symptoms are chronic (3 months or more). Symptoms should also not be associated with alcohol‚ medications‚ or drugs and should not be intensifications of a pre-existing psychological disorder. Acute Stress Disorder. In a syndrome called acute stress disorder‚ symptoms of PTSD occur within 2 days to 4 weeks after the traumatic
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