Stress is a normal thing in life that can either help us grow or can cause us significant problems. Three-fourths of the human population undergoes stress in a 2 week period. The working population is subject to emotional‚ physical‚ and mental stress. Stress is one of the main factors causing insomnia and other sleep disorders. Stress causes chest pain in high cholesterol‚ cardiac problems‚ and depression. Stress also triggers blood vessels to close which reduces abundant bleeding from a flesh wound
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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‚ hurricanes‚ and volcano eruptions) and human-made disasters (such as factory explosions‚ airplane crashes‚ and automobile accidents). When a person has to go through something as traumatic as these things they can develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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13) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health condition that is triggered when someone experiences a traumatic event. Approximately 9% of women can experience a form of PTSD called postpartum PTSD following the birth of their child caused by a real or perceived trauma during or after delivery. Symptoms may include flashbacks‚ nightmares and sleep problems‚ feeling detached and numb‚ severe anxiety and self-isolation. The person can have uncontrollable thoughts about the event‚ become aggressive
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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 of Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ “is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks‚ nightmares and severe anxiety‚ as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event” (Mayo Clinic). The DSM-5 has a checklist that tells if a person’s symptoms are in alignment with those that have this disorder to see if they would be considered to have PTSD or not. According to the checklist
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osions and posttraumatic stress disorder. With a conflict as devastating as the American Civil War‚ it would be logical to think that Civil War soldiers experienced events that put them at risk similar to today’s soldiers. Data compiled from diaries and letters will confirm the presence of psychological disorders in soldiers who fought in the war. From this body of evidence‚ it is clear that soldiers of the American Civil War did suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder and other psychological disorders
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in a battlefield have been badly affected. Young soldiers end up suffering. Soldiers get physically‚ mentally or emotionally affected from the war they were involved in. The most common affected issue that soldiers end up having is called “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”. However‚ there are many soldiers who join a battlefield and come back home healthy‚ some come back with a health related issue or further worst‚ never made it home because they lost their own lives. It is known that a soldier who
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that by trying to get rid of a painful emotion‚ you in fact amplify that emotion and cause more. Some researchers have linked the emotional suppression of people to more serious illnesses such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD). Also studies show people who avoid emotions have poor communication skills and are often unhappily married. They begin to have poor memory and develop anxiety issues. Weigner and his colleagues also performed a test that later he
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Alexander Cayetano 06 March 2016 The American Psychiatric Association added Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to the third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III). The key to understanding the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is the concept of trauma. The latest revision‚ the DSM-V (2013)‚ has made a number of notable evidence-based revisions to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder diagnostic criteria‚ with both important conceptual
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Running head: POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Natalie Maxwell‚ Robert Sharp‚ Samarra Spears Dr. Neil Stafford PSYC 540: Research Methodology December 12‚ 2010 Outline: Natalie- Post-traumatic stress disorders following disasters: a systematic review Natalie-The epidemiology of post-traumatic stress disorders after disasters Samarra- Samarra- Robert- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Post-traumatic stress disorders following disasters: a systematic review
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