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world in which they live and these changes in cognition may lead to co-morbid conditions, such as alcohol or drug addiction (Willi...
This research paper provides an overview of PTSD as a crisis situation. Treatment and other issues are described. Four pages in le...
event, which is capable of causing PTSD symptoms. Complex trauma, however, is when the individual experiences prolonged, repeated ...
loved ones. One means of instilling a better understanding of PTSD is education. The National Center for PTSDs (2009) website sho...
This research paper describes the symptoms of PTSD, but then goes on to discuss the effects that PTSD has on the lives of its vict...
p. 120). DSM-IV-TR diagnostic symptom criteria include nightmares, intrusive memories, avoidance and arousal (Dyer, et al, 2009). ...
actually felt the building shake, for example, are at the most risk for the disorder (2001). At the same time, one psychologist cl...
and others that underscore the connection between violence and urban life. "Data gathered by the Center for Disease Control (1995...
(PTSD) is associated with the trauma experienced by soldiers, PTSD can develop due to having experienced any form of intense traum...
deal with that trauma at the time due to circumstances, and as such, the trauma continues to manifest in stressful reactions at un...
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a condition that has always existed but it is only in the last few decades that it has received ...
This paper considers the alternative means of treating PTSD. The VA does not currently approve service dogs. There are twenty-tw...
after the exposure to the initiating traumatic event (Stein, 2002). If PTSD-like symptoms become evidence and are intense prior to...
In fourteen pages this research paper considers how a nursing intervention can be designed to assist adults with PTSD resulting fr...
memories is about as easy as holding ones breath: it just cannot be done without help; as such, those suffering from PTSD must be ...
disorder, or a family history of anxiety and neuroticism" (Grinage, 2003). The body responds in measurable ways to various stress...
In fourteen pages and 4 parts this paper examines PTSD and Albert Ellis' REBT in a study recommendations for the combination of Po...
veterans, as the vast majority of homeless veterans (93 percent) served with honor (Gamache, 2000). Evidence suggests that PTSD pl...
results (Posen, n.d.). When the rats were examined, they had "swollen and hyperactive adrenal glands, shrunken immune tissue (thym...
to a Veterans Administration (VA) inpatient program for the treatment of substance abuse. Research has definitively established ...
There is the risk of capture or immediate death or permanent injuries. And, what is only recently being published, there has been ...
directly to the psychiatrist-patient encounter" than the real thing, because the fiction is after all written by real people (Podr...
diagnosis or believe they do not. PTSD The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, sp...
with sudden flashbacks intruding on thoughts (Fagan and Freme, 2004). Other symptoms include: an exaggerated startle reflex, sleep...
upon as wholly overwhelming. II. SUMMARY The individual conjures up a traumatic memory while the therapist counts from ...
a result, more diagnoses have been made (Grinage, 2003). It is now something that is also associated with trauma stemming from chi...
In ten pages this paper examines these veterans' stress resilience with PTSD a primary focus. Eight sources are cited in the bibl...
story "Fathering," one such child is depicted. Eng was most likely-- although not even definitely-- the daughter of an American V...
in the educational setting. The introduction outlines the problem, existing research and the underlying purpose of the study, to ...
own wives for 9/11 widows. While perhaps these individuals were not burned out, one can see how someone in a helping profession ca...