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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population have not been published‚ but it is still used with an adolescent population (Screening tools help in assessing trauma‚ 2011). This tool will be helpful in assessing the level of distress Rosie is experiencing following her abuse and the also-traumatic events following it. It can be assumed that Rosie is experiencing some level of PTSD‚ so the counselor’s primary goal will be to determine to what extent she is affected. Following completion and scoring of the PCL‚ the counselor will be in a better
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(Scharnberg‚ 2005). The government is extremely concerned about this and has begun doing studies on how to combat the lingering effects of this disorder. Half of the women will be treated to long term therapy in which they will relive the traumatic events that led up to PTSD in
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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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Woong‚ and Jin‚ Woong Kim 265). Some people who are stressed may show mild signs of anxiety‚ such as fidgeting‚ biting their fingernails‚ or tapping their feet. Anxiety Disorders are one of the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders today. Post-traumatic stress disorder which is caused by stress can affect victims of abuse and violence of all types. Despite the many types of mental health disorders that currently exist because of stress‚ some of them tend to be more common than others. Mental
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commonly develop in the hours or days following the traumatic event‚ it can sometimes take weeks‚ months‚ or even years before they appear. What causes PTSD Posttraumatic stress disorder can affect those who personally experience the disaster‚ those who witness it‚ and those who pick up the pieces afterwards‚ including emergency workers and law enforcement officers‚ it can also affect the people who are close to the person that experienced it (friends or family members). Traumatic events that can lead to PTSD include:
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full PTSD was 2.7% for women and 1.2% for men (a ratio of approximately 2:1)” (Stein 1118). Out of the evidence found in this specific study‚ it emphasizes the fact that the women were more drastically more affected by traumatic effects than men‚ and in this case it was the traumatic effects that the researchers placed in the subjects lives. The findings that were found in this study seem to support other PTSD studies that were done with a similar intent or subgroup
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Many people throughout the world suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder also known as PTSD. This is a disorder that must be diagnosed and can be caused from a variety of reasons. “PTSD is classified as an anxiety disorder that develops in some individuals after exposure to an extremely traumatic event(s).” (Kazdin) One of the symptoms of PTSD is re experiencing the traumatic event. In most cases disruptive memories constantly occur relating to the trauma. Frightening
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fought 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
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POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Chrishanda Anderson College Writing 101/N1 Rm.412 Mr.Saifi July 5‚ 2010 Post traumatic stress
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