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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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    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

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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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    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Military Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental health disorder that must be better understood by the military. PTSD‚ battle fatigue‚ shell shock‚ and several other phrases describe a condition that has been observed in war veterans for centuries. In Achilles in Vietnam‚ Jonathan Shay studied veterans of the Vietnam War with PTSD and explained the similarities between these veterans and Achilles in the book The Iliad. PTSD is triggered by

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    Unit 2 Post Traumatic Stress Justin Edwards Psychology unit 2 SJVC online Megan McLaughlin 1/7/2017 Introduction: Trauma has been a part of the human experience since the birth of our species. Wild animal attacks‚ or possibly wildfires may have affected humans at its earliest developmental stages. Trauma has evolved to include catastrophes‚ and violence deemed to be outside the normal human experience. These instances may include terrorist attacks‚ rape‚ torture‚ earthquakes‚ car accidents

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    even after the war when they return home. Ernest Hemingway’s Soldier’s Home and Tim O’Brien’s How to Tell a True War Story are two great examples of literature that express’ what any particular soldier can go through upon returning home. Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome is a very common sickness that soldiers come down with after returning from war. There are a few differences and similarities between the two stories; the way each soldier handles himself after the war and the way people look at each of

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    The Ghetto Effect and the Urban Traumatic Stress Syndrome (UTSS) {WARNING CONTENTS MAY CAUSE EMOTIONAL DRAMA} This book is not based upon scientific research and study. Nor is it based upon someone who has spent his or her life in academia. I am just your average American Joe who has been blessed to see every aspect of American society first hand. This book is not intended to appease anyone. If it causes you to find hate in your heart or want to run out and change things. Then this is good

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    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a disease that affects the lives of countless people daily. Each case is different and yet significantly important regarding ultimately finding the most effective treatment and cures for the survivors of these life changing ordeals. The movie Saving Private Ryan depicts this PTSD and its causes in a very graphically detailing way. Through this explicit portrayal‚ the audience was given a glimpse of what goes on in the minds of survivors‚ as well as why some people

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    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Spirituality Liberty University Cris 304                                   Abstract Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a widespread disorder that effects a parsons psychologically‚ behaviorally and emotionally following an experiencing of an traumatic event such as war‚ rape or abuse. (Schiraldi 2009 p.3) Due the recent wars of Iraq and Afghanistan this disorder has made it’s way to the front of our society. However It is nothing

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    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Inspired by the Works of Tim O’Brien Tim O’Brien is a veteran of the Vietnam War and is the author of such novels as The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato. In his novels‚ O’Brien talks about in great depth of the horrors of the Vietnam War. Soldiers returning home from Vietnam had a hard time adapting to civilian life. Some veterans thought they were fighting in the war while at home. Many were later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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