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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I frantically pulled myself out of the car‚ surprisingly un-injured by the crash‚ it seemed. Besides the eerie head-ache; I couldn’t find any sign of an injury on my body. The paramedics rushed Lucy into a nearby ambulance in a gush of frantic activity and general medical jabber. I tried to overhear them talk as I was curious about my daughter’s situation but their speech was covered by the unbearable ringing in my ears; probably
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and I sat on the pavement. It was an amazing picture. I was very nervous while and arms bled from the wounds. Immediately‚ the paramedics and police had arrived‚ while a helicopter was flying over the area of the accident. I waited for the paramedics to come to my aid. Then they placed me on the stretcher very carefully and took me to the ambulance. The paramedics took my blood pressure and quicky wrapped my head in bandages. I also remember seeing a police officer who entered the ambulance
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damage the contestants body. Competitive eating supporters believe that there are very few risks during competitions because there are paramedics there on sight‚ yet I disagree(McCarry and Braun 2). Even with paramedics‚ people still die from the competitions. A man in Virginia suffered a stroke after eating 38 eggs in 29 seconds in 2008(McCarry and Braun 1). If paramedics were on the sight of the eating competition why would they have let a man suffer a stroke? Competitive eating is still a danger to
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Dana Lewis Outline the steps Means should take in the planning process The steps that Mean should take in the planning process is first take action when the call from the paramedics stated about a car accident and they are able to tell if a person is in stable or critical condition. Prior to the delivery of the paramedics‚ the supervisor/manager should meet with the physician to see if one of the patients in the ICU‚ that is the least needed to be transfered to the Telemetry Unit‚ considering
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