Axia College Material Appendix D Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. • Re-experiencing traumatic events; recurring nightmares‚ dreams‚ or memories connected to a traumatic event. • Avoidance towards activities that bring memories of the traumatic event. • Lack of responsiveness
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do not need to be taken care of. However‚ police officers encounter frequent exposure to unpredictable incidents that pose a threat to their life or the physical integrity. These events can lead to the development of acute stress disorder (ASD) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Marchand‚ Nadeau‚ Beaulieu-Prevost‚ Boyer and Martin‚ 2015). Police officers and first responders see so many things in a given day that the general public can not even fathom. From abused children‚ abused spouses
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Treating our heroes Linda A. Smith Liberty University Abstract Combat veterans and active duty service members who have suffered mild to severe traumatic brain injury or head trauma are at a higher risk for the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder post-deployment. Research has revealed that treating the soldier immediately after the injury with pharmacotherapeutic agents significantly reduces the risk that the soldier will develop post-traumatic
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Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Capella University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effectiveness of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) in treating rape victims suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a mental disorder that affects individuals emotionally‚ behaviorally‚ and psychologically. PTSD estimated to affect about 7% of Americans in a lifetime. The content of this paper is to analyze the history
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that you just had a flashback of the worst day of your life. This is an example of what a person with post traumatic stress struggles with many days of the week. Post traumatic stress‚ also known as PTSD‚ is classified as a disorder that is developed after a traumatic event when a person has trouble recovering from the memory. About 7.8% of the people in america will experience post traumatic stress at some point in their life. Those that are affected by PTSD are people
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soldiers face upon their return home. The main problem for returning soldiers is what we now call post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. According to the American Psychiatric Association‚ post-traumatic stress disorder refers to an anxiety disorder that some people get after witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event. To give further detail of the disorder the APA also classifies an anxiety disorder as a mental illness in which the sufferer feels an exceptional level of fear and apprehension.
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Matthew Wolfe Marywood University Mark A. Shaffer‚ MSW‚ LCSW Social Work Perspectives on Psychopathology June 29‚ 2013 Post-traumatic stress disorder: the social worker perspective Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that occurs following a traumatic event and is characterized by re-experiencing the event‚ avoidance of key details and features of the event as well as a state of hyper-vigilance and arousal
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emotional disorders arise from negatively biased thinking (which lead to unhelpful emotions and behaviours); and that emotional disorders can be helped by changing such thinking” (Curwen.B‚ 2000). Amy’s problems started with a ‘near-miss’ car accident which caused Amy to suffer Post traumatic stress disorder. Cognitive behavioural therapy is used to post traumatic stress disorder and its aim is to educate the client to think rationally about her life (Zayfert‚ C.2006). Post traumatic stress disorder
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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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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Literature: An Analysis of The Odyssey The Odyssey is one of the most well known stories about war and its effects on the survivors. Homer goes out of his way to share the names and families of fallen soldiers for many reasons. The deaths in The Odyssey are exceptionally bloody and gore-filled‚ which allows the reader to vividly see the scenes depicted and understand the true horror that violence holds. The war scenes are particularly gruesome and filled with death
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