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    Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Psychologists and psychiatrists have been studying the mind for centuries to understand its complexities and how it functions. In the pursuit for answers‚ these experts of the mind have uncovered many different oddities and malfunctions that are commonly referred to today as psychological disorders. Within this classification of psychological disorders‚ researchers have developed a subsection of afflictions that have come to be known as the major anxiety disorders.

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    Nina Wells Michelle Cox Psychology 001 12 May 2015 Psychological Disorder: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ also known as PSTD‚ is a unique psychological disorder which may present itself within an individual anywhere between three months to even years after the date of the traumatic event. Symptoms of PTSD can include‚ but is not limited to the following and is usually categorized in four basic symptoms. Intrusive Memories‚ Avoidance‚ Negative Changes in Mood and Behavior

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    THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) Nenad Jakšić1‚ Lovorka Brajković1‚ Ena Ivezić2‚ Radmila Topić1 & Miro Jakovljević1 1 Department of Psychiatry‚ University Hospital Centre Zagreb‚ Croatia 2 Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”‚ Zagreb‚ Croatia revised: 10.8.2012; accepted: 22.8.2012 received: 28.6.2012; SUMMARY Background: A number of studies have shown that although exposure to potentially traumatic events is common‚ development of PTSD is relatively

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    Post-Traumatic Stress disorder is a difficult subject to handle‚ in most cases PTSD can be very hard to diagnose. That is why researchers and scientists created different ways to test the client. In many cases PTSD can go years without being diagnose in a person. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) a condition resulting from a severe traumatic experience‚ leading to a long-lasting state of frequent distressing recollections (flashbacks) and nightmares about the traumatic event‚ avoidance of reminders

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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 is a disorder dealing with anxiety‚ and can be developed after a person experiences a event that is traumatizing. examples being major stress‚ warfare‚ sexual assault‚ but can be cause by chemical regulation in the brain. PTSD has many symptoms the severity of these symptoms can change from person to person. Symptoms include flashbacks‚ avoiding or blocking out certain memories‚ changes in the way you think to a more negative view‚ changes in emotional reaction‚ this

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    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Kurdish Iranians Mehdi Ghazinour1‚ Naser Mofidi1‚ Nader Esmail-Nasab2‚ Jörg Richter3 1 Department of Clinical Sciences‚ Division of Psychiatry‚ Umeå University‚ S-90187 Umeå‚ Sweden 2 Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences‚ Sanandaj‚ Iran 3 Centre of Child and Adolescent Mental Health‚ Regions South and East‚ P.O.Box 23 Tåsen‚ N-0801 Oslo‚ Norway Corresponding author: Prof. Dr. Jörg Richter Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health‚ Eastern

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    overcome by a feeling of unexplainable immense dread and grief. This is the pain that people with post-traumatic stress disorder face on a daily basis. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ a mental health condition‚ is triggered by daunting events. Thus‚ veterans‚ survivors of abuse and rape‚ victims of natural disasters and accidents‚ and emergency responders are especially at risk of developing this disorder. The best way to combat this illness is through support programs. Therefore‚ the treatment

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    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? PTSD is an illness that occurs after traumatic events happen in which harm is threatened or caused to a person. People often associate this disorder with being in the military during war‚ such as now‚ and suffering traumatic events (Getzfeld & Schwartz). This is very true‚ but this disorder can affect people from all walks of life. Some other examples of people that develop PTSD are cancer patients‚ someone living

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    Those that experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) know that it’s a horrible experience‚ one that they wouldn’t want to pass on. For those who experienced PTSD provoking trauma it’s a sad reality that their PTSD will be passed on to their children who didn’t experience the traumatic event‚ creating a cycle. PTSD‚ among other things‚ has the ability to be passed down because of epigenetics‚ the study of changes in organisms caused by modification of gene expression rather than alteration

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