Traumatic events can shape a persons life and cause untold stress and pain for long periods of time. Natural disasters occur and can affect a persons life in terms of losing their home, causing long-term injuries, and creating a sense of instability. Continue Reading...
The embedded traumatic experiences are usually deeply disturbing to the individual and can lead to typical symptoms of PTSD, such as depression, suicidal tendencies and loss of personal motivation. In terms of existential analysis, these traumatic Continue Reading...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The James a. Haley Veterans' Hospital's Solution to PSTD The James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (JAHVH) is dedicated to serving the nations veterans. It was activated in 1972 and provides patient care services, and als Continue Reading...
Evidence of this can be seen by looking no further than research that was compiled by Occupational Medicine. Where, they found that various factors can help trigger those who are suffering from PTSD including: a lack of support and traumatic disasso Continue Reading...
The EMDR technique is used in conjunction with psychotherapy and it has proven very effective for statistically significant numbers of patients in controlled studies (Breslau, Lucia, & Alvarado, 2006; Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2008). Ethical Issue Continue Reading...
Their experiences emphasize the importance of human contact. They enjoy such intimacy with their comrades in arms and expect the same respect and comradery form mental health and counseling professionals. However, the literature review that was ava Continue Reading...
Participants were included if they had experienced sexual or physical assault in childhood or adulthood and met criteria for PTSD at the time of the initial assessment, were at least 3 months posttrauma (no upper limit), and if on medication, were s Continue Reading...
Part 1– Case Analysis: Traumatization of Combat Veterans Today, despite ongoing efforts by the health care community and policymakers to reverse the ugly trend, dozens of combat veterans take their own lives every day, and many of these victims Continue Reading...
I have seen first-hand the effects that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has on soldiers’ lives. Soldiers, both during deployment and when back home in civilian life, have unique perspectives and experiences from which they draw on when th Continue Reading...
Life Scenario -- Decision to Divorce Lot of Life Scenario Setting the Scene Dear Maria, Because you and I have always been so close, I wanted to let you know about an impending event in our family's lives. Because of our past conversations, you Continue Reading...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse cautions that while no standardized, effective treatment has been identified for PTSD sufferers, researchers have determined that cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy, or exposure therapy has shown some pr Continue Reading...
Anthropologist working with the VA Definitions / Interests / Key Problems and Issues Previous Work Performed by Anthropologists in this Area The Employment Situation, Current Salaries and Opportunities for Advancement Bibliography of the most imp Continue Reading...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) In an era of American history which will likely be defined by the disastrous decision to launch two foreign wars simultaneously -- which resulted in the nation's volunteer military force suffering tens of thous Continue Reading...
(2011) report that cognitive therapy "especially cognitive restructuring…can help correct faulty perceptions of danger, improve perceived self-control of memories and accompanying negative emotions and strengthen adaptive coping responses unde Continue Reading...
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Different, Yet Commonly Confused Disorders It is important that providers are mindful of the fact that very different mental illnesses can present similar features in a clinical Continue Reading...
Veterans experience a variety of mental health problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, aggression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia (Wooten, 2015). More specifically, statistics indicate that up to 50% of vet Continue Reading...
Mental Disorders and Crisis Intervention: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Summarize the signs and symptoms of the mental disorder PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) indications may prove to be highly distressing. An individual suffering from this c Continue Reading...
Child and PTSD THE CURSE OF EMOTIONAL TRAUMA Post-traumatic Disorder Nature equipped the body with an inherent mechanism to avoid danger or defend oneself against it (NIMH, 2013). But in some persons, this naturally protective mechanism goes haywi Continue Reading...
Veterans & Retirees; Is Government Keeping its Promise This study aimed at exploring the experiences and perceptions of Veterans belonging to Lousiana and Mississippi about three variables; the accessibility of organization; the accessibility of Continue Reading...
Veterans The need for more robust mental health care is acute worldwide. One specific client population that is currently underserved is that of American veterans of foreign wars. In the state of Hawaii alone, there are seven active military install Continue Reading...
Psychometric Properties The normative sample for the DAPS included 620 participants from a stratified random sampling from Department of Motor Vehicles registries and telephone listings (Smith). Of these 620 participants, 446 reported at least one Continue Reading...
Introduction The PTSD essay outline is a basic outline like any other persuasive paper. It will include an introduction that tells the main purpose of the essay. It will also include three to five supporting points that allow the writer Continue Reading...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is classified under the rubric of Trauma and Stress related disorders in the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). The rubric Continue Reading...
patients diagnosed with TBI cope better with counseling and outreach programs when dealing with new or abnormal behaviors? Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may result in social and emotional defects (such as delayed word recall) that result in frustrat Continue Reading...
It may be that CBT is the most helpful, but further evidence is needed to prove so. PTSD has recurring ramifications that affect many variables of life from employment opportunities to social and family atmosphere. There are some who never fully rec Continue Reading...
Does Gender Affect the Utilization of Mental Health Care Services among Veterans? The decision one makes when choosing a career poses a lifelong effect on his own life as well as of his family members. The deployment decision of a career that the per Continue Reading...
Treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorders WITH SERZONE WHAT IS PTSD Many adults suffer from the mental illness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, otherwise known as PTSD. PTSD is an extreme anxiety mental disorder that causes excessive concern, or Continue Reading...
Children need special attention when dealing with traumas they might not fully understand. Thus art therapy has been proven to benefit the increasing number of children dealing with PTSD and other trauma related disorders creating fear and anxiety w Continue Reading...
Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Clusters, And Physical Health Symptoms in Postabused Women Stephanie J. Woods and N. Margaret Wineman The purpose of this research is to evaluate PTSD symptom clusters (avoidance of the situation, hyper Continue Reading...
Computer games were also effective in the treatment of people who underwent automobile accidents. Apparently, something as simple as computer games can serve as a therapy method for people suffering from PTSD. While some might believe that such ther Continue Reading...
Supervisor Name] Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Following an unusual and an unexpected event, that is stressful, such as being diagnosed with cancer, one may develop characteristic symptoms that may differ slightly from person to person. Thi Continue Reading...
Ethnicity Trauma Ethnicity and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) It is a natural human response to suffer long-term emotional consequences from exposure to a traumatic event or sustained traumatic experiences. However, the incarnations of these Continue Reading...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Service DogsIn basic terms, PTSD could, according to the National Institute of Mental Health NIMH (2019), be conceptualized as a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, Continue Reading...
PTSD as TBI Introduction Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) bear similar appearances in terms of symptoms. However, treating the two issues requires completely different methods and interventions and therefore it i Continue Reading...
The Hippocampus Region of the Brain and PTSD Prevention Abstract This paper examines the relationship between neuroscience and PTSD. In particular it looks at recent findings in neuroscience regarding PTSD onset and prevention. The latest research sh Continue Reading...
