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Families dealing with a member suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be mentally affected. Some families have trouble with depression and addiction‚ others with psychological problems like guilt‚ anger‚ and sympathy. Not every case is the same due to the severeness of that person’s PTSD and what symptoms they are showing. According to the The National Institute of Mental Health‚ PTSD is “a disorder that develops in some people who have seen or lived through a shocking‚ scary
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With successful post-traumatic stress disorder treatment‚ you can also feel better about yourself and learn ways to cope if any symptoms arise again. Post-traumatic stress disorder treatment often includes both medication and psychotherapy. Combining these treatments can help improve your symptoms and teach you skills to cope better with the traumatic event
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a natural disaster like Katrina or other hurricanes can cause developmental problems in children. One of the most common and damaging psychological disorders that leads to problems in child development following a natural disaster is post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Post traumatic stress disorder is defined as a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military combat‚ natural disasters‚ terrorist incidents‚ serious
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"never do anything to against the conscience‚ even if the state demands it." This quote is from Albert Einstein. In this quote‚ Albert Einstein tells us what a normal person should do when faced with a moral dilemma. What people do is often the opposite of what their conscience tells them to do. " The Sniper" by O’ Flaherty and "War" by Timothy Findley are both good examples of this. The two stories both show that war brings people pain because it forces them to contradict their consciences and feelings
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in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s become a debilitating and all too common disorder that is in dire need for the necessary aid before it manifests and becomes too late for anyone to help. It’s been an ongoing power struggle where the United States military and the Department of Veterans Affairs has not adequately diagnosed‚ treated‚ or supported their soldiers who suffer greatly from the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)‚ and the consequence that follow after fighting for a country that
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assignment‚ I have selected to write about Post traumatic stress disorder. I have quite a bit of experience will this illness as well because my husband suffers from Post-traumatic stress disorder following a severe car accident that he was in about 6 years ago. Exposure to trauma is anything but new to the humankind. Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ has been around for centuries but was not given the name Post-traumatic stress disorder until 1980. PTSD was formally thought to be a few
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is about a boy named Pip who travels to London to become a gentleman. Pip is in his sister’s custody because both of their parents died. Pip grows up abused by his sister and confides in Joe Gargery‚ his sister’s husband. He often visits the graveyard where his parents are buried‚ when he is forced to help a convict. Pip is later invited to Miss Havisham’s house and meets Estella and falls in love with her. After knowing Miss Havisham for a while Pip receives
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• Loss of trust in environments similar to where the harassment occurred • Loss of trust in the types of people that occupy similar positions as the harasser or their colleagues • Extreme stress upon relationships with significant others‚ sometimes resulting in divorce; extreme stress on peer relationships‚ or relationships with colleagues • Weakening of support network‚ or being ostracized from professional or academic circles (friends‚ colleagues‚ or family may distance themselves
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There are several psychological factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These factors interfere with the emotional processing of the traumatic event (Edwards D. ‚ 2005). These factors include painful emotions‚ which leads to avoidance which thus maintains the PTSD (Edwards D. ‚ 2005). Therefore the analysis of these maintaining factors provides the basis for current approaches to treatment and intervention which will support the individuals
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