PTSD: What It is and How to Cope Callie O. Sizemore Perry Central High School Introduction My research paper today is on how to cope with PTSD. PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder is a mental health problem anybody could get‚ depending on what happened to create the event‚ such as fighting in a war‚ or a natural disaster‚ like Hurricane Katrina. These events can induce extreme levels of stress when mentioned. Thousands of people in the United States alone have PTSD‚ and many do not know
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soldiers are children who are forced to serve as soldiers in armed conflicts. These child soldiers had to do many things that should have never been done. Child soldiers should be given amnesty because their rights are being violated in many ways‚ the trauma they had to go through caused life threatening mental problems and survival for a child soldier took violence.
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Introduction Each year in the United States several million children experience some extreme traumatic event. Some of these events include natural disasters‚ death of a loved one‚ vehicle accidents‚ physical and/or sexual abuse and witnessing domestic violence. Children are increasingly exposed to violence in society. Many of these children may develop some form of psychological problems that can significantly impair their emotional‚ academic‚ and social functioning. Research has noted that
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or satisfaction is another person’s lifetime suffering. The situational factors studied in this paper include whether victims who acknowledge their rape are more likely to develop PTSD than those who do not and if the victim’s appraisals of the trauma and its consequences affect the prevalence of PTSD. The preconceived factor studied is the age at which the first sexual assault was experienced. Layman‚ Gidycz‚ and Lynn’s (1996) study questions whether there are differences in post assault symptoms
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Traumatic Stress Disorder According to Butcher‚ Mineka‚ and Hooley (2013)‚ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)‚ is a “disorder that occurs following an extreme traumatic event‚ in which a person re-experiences the event‚ avoids reminders of the trauma‚ and exhibits persistent increased arousal”. An example may be‚ a person who observed or experienced something extremely frightening‚ may feel that their life or the life of others may be in danger (Butcher‚ Mineka‚ and Hooley‚ 2013). People with
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Jeff Jackson Instructor Barbara Manuel English 112 3 March 2013 Shell Shock: A Bloodless Battlefield A storyteller of war‚ Tim O’Brien‚ author of The Things They Carried‚ keeps the reader mesmerized with PTSD stories of the Vietnam War. This novel represents a compound documentary written on accounts of the Vietnam War. Many of the stories in this book encompass various examples of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. There are graphical depictions
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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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War - After the War Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is a severe anxiety disorder developed after exposure to an event that resulted in psychological trauma. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder has been around for thousands of years recognized as battle fatigue‚ accident neurosis‚ and shell shock. Although it wasn’t until 1980 that the American Psychiatric Association added Post-traumatic Stress Disorder to the third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) classification
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Fear‚ depression‚ anxiety and stress are the most powerful negative energies known in psychology‚ and it’s very likely that majority of individuals on Earth experienced at least one of these emotions. Some of these blocks grow and fester so much within the lives of people that‚ because they develop into such impactful hindrances‚ they act as ever-growing obstacles that people should otherwise not have to dodge. They are extreme emotional stress factors that in turn affect the abilities and potentials
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A hero‚ legend‚ great fighter and the most famous “Canadian Hero”. William Avery Bishop‚ best known as “Billy” Bishop was a person who had great respect for his country and carried an amazing talent. Billy Bishop’s life was surrounded by life changing events in which make him a brilliant hero. With his brutal and traumatic battles‚ Billy Bishop was Canada’s top Ace‚ with a total of 72 victories. Billy Bishop is a hero simply regarding his continued perseverance for his dreams which have changed
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