Vanderica Conwell 10.28.13 4th Period Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is seen in men‚ women‚ and children of all ages and backgrounds. People respond to unexpected or prolonged trauma in different ways. While some are able to overcome the trauma‚ others relive the same memories over the course of weeks‚ months‚ or even years. This can take a severe toll and result in deep pain and discouragement. PTSD can occur as a result of unexpected and extreme stress incidents‚ such as natural disasters‚
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an extreme stressor sometimes have a smaller hippocampus‚ the region of brain that plays a role in memory‚ than people who have not been exposed to trauma (MedicineNet‚ 2011). Often family member those diagnosed with PTSD find themselves often feeling hurt‚ alienated‚ or discouraged because the patient has yet to overcome the ordeal of this trauma (Hall‚ 2008‚ p. 226). The additional stressors that families face by
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readjustment back into civilian life. There are many issues affecting veterans returning home from combat. Many of these service members exhibit high levels of emotional distress while on deployments. The events experienced in combat that may elicit trauma include: firefights‚ improvised explosive devices‚ minesweeping‚ witnessing death and much more. These traumatic experiences can create mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder. The American Psychiatric Association (2013) defines
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Helicopters have a bad reputation. Many people unfamiliar with them think that helicopters are a collection of rotating parts‚ ready to fly apart and cause disaster at any time. Or they have seen a tail rotor shot off by a missile in an action movie and picture themselves spiraling to the ground‚ victims of inherent instability. People have had to make judgements about the riskiness of helicopter flight without good information‚ not because data about helicopter safety doesn’t exist‚ but because
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their evaluation in outcome trials‚ and greater diversity of client samples. At this point‚ there are two major models of evidence based psychotherapy treatments for PTSD: Present focused and past focused. In past-focused models‚ the client tells the trauma story in full detail as a way to face the feelings that arise from it. In present focused models‚ the client learns coping skills to improve functioning (e.g.‚ social skills‚ relaxation‚ grounding‚ and cognitive restructuring). Examples of past-focused
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consistently been found to relate to worse psychological outcomes after earthquake (Armenian et al‚ 2000‚ p:58). On the other hand other reported predictors of post earthquake psychological problems are loss of close ones (Armenian et al‚ 2000)‚ older age at trauma (Lewin et al‚ 1998 p: 20 )‚ lower education (Başoğlu et al‚ 2002‚ p: 269 )‚
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Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition‚ Text Revision‚ pp Balk‚ D.E. (2011). Helping the bereaved college student. (pp. 96‚ 109). New York‚ NY: Springer Publishing. Boss‚ P. (2010). The trauma and complicated grief of ambiguous loss. Pastoral Psychology‚ 59(2)‚ 137-145 DeSpelder‚ L.A. & Strickland‚ A.L. (2005). The last dance: encountering death and dying. DeVoe‚ E.R.‚ Klein‚ T.P.‚ Bannon‚ W. & Miranda-Julian‚ C. (2001). Young children
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Repression was first introduced by Freud over a century ago. Repression is basically a defence mechanism from when a very traumatic event is experienced (e.g. sexual abuse‚ abduction or witnessing a death). The subconscious mind blocks unwanted thoughts or desires from the consciousness. The ego is not entirely successful at doing this‚ and memories may surface as slips of the tongue‚ or symbols in dreams: more serious mental problems may be shown because of the internal conflict caused by repression
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reading the authors viewpoints in which I completely agree with. This article shows relevance to my career in nursing with children because I will come into contact with youth who will need counseling because they have had to deal with bullies and the trauma that comes with them. Relevance: This article impacts children and families in all different directions
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There has been recent discussions of trigger warnings‚ a controversial issue has been whether it protects students or take away freedom of speech. Microaggressions are small actions or word choices that people can do or say‚ without any intent‚ which will end up offending other people. Students are starting to use the word “trigger warnings”‚ a word that first appeared on blogs and other online forums to alert people of content that contain sexual assault (Wilson). Universities are using them more
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