Additionally‚ several other symptoms of PTSD can impact the minds of those overcome by this disorder. While addressing the misconceptions of modern literature‚ Paul Chappell emphasizes‚ “…Children reading [The Hunger Games] are given the unrealistic impression that our minds are virtually immune
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This paper examines the diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as demonstrated by David Pelzer in his autobiographies A Child Called It and The Lost Boy‚ with a focus on the latter book. Dave is the son of alcoholic parents whose mother severely abused him while his father turned the other cheek. Dave has been subjected to torturous mind games‚ starvation‚ and physical abuse so horrendous that he is left scarred‚ bruised‚ and nearly dead. The staff at his elementary school eventually takes action
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Bachelor of Paramedic Science Degree and become a paramedic. Paramedic are health care professionals known as pre-hospital team leaders who provide out of hospital care to patients (Health care Act (SA)‚ 2018). They respond rapidly to emergency and assess patient and provide medical services and care for the patient until hospital arrival. Paramedic are employed by the ambulance services‚ govern and organisations and hospitals. For the purpose of this essay the focus will be on both paramedic and triage
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there lying did in front of his eyes it is a nasty and scary thought. Looking at your one of your close friends dead in front of you his blood on you he got shot in the neck so blood is just skeeting out or uncontrolable running down the neck. His PTSD is bad because even if he thinks about it he will start throwing up. When he was telling the story of how everything happen he would start getting sick just think about this someone close to you die right in front of your eyes how would you act after
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Todd’s experience as a secondary instructor Todd has 7 years’ experience as a paramedic. Todd’s experience as a paramedic and the patient care experience Todd has gained in the field will be very beneficial while instructing classes. This experience will allow Todd’s to teach scenarios based on real life experiences both positive and negative outcomes adding to the quality of his instruction. Todd’s experience as a paramedic will also allow additional comfort in the material he will be presenting.
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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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Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ has been around for centuries but was not given the name Post-traumatic stress disorder until 1980. PTSD was formally thought to be a few different things‚ such as‚ shell shock‚ battle fatigue‚ accident neurosis‚ or post-rape syndrome. When PTSD was given its name‚ in 1980‚ it was a controversial diagnosis because it was thought to be a weakness or flaw rather than a traumatic event that occurred in a person’s life. When PTSD was first added to the American
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accidents). When a person has to go through something as traumatic as these things they can develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that develops following exposure to extreme psychological trauma. Throughout history PTSD has also been known as railway spine‚ stress syndrome‚ shell shock‚ battle fatigue and traumatic war neurosis. PTSD is not just a military disorder. It can affect anyone‚ both adults and children. In 1980‚ posttraumatic stress disorder was added
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1. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or "burn-out" has always been and issue for paramedics and other emergency responders‚ but it wasn’t recognized or even considered to be a significant problem. The causes of PTSD range from a major life-threatening incident (e.g. war‚ act of violence‚ accident and disaster) to a prolonged series of events (e.g. bullying‚ harassment‚ abuse‚ living with a violent partner). PTSD was introduced in the 1980s‚ before then it has been known by many names including
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occur‚ such as a near death incident‚ rape‚ combat‚ natural disaster or motor vehicle accident‚ just to name a few. Rape is actually the largest cause of PTSD in both genders‚ and the lifetime frequency of the disorder for rape victims and sexual assault victims is 32% and 31% respectively (Resick‚ 2001). Many people may experience symptoms of PTSD directly following a sexual assault‚ but what this information tells us is that nearly one third of all victims will forever be negatively affected because
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