Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Description

• Also known as PTSD
• A severe anxiety problem that can result from an
  emotional or shocking experience
• About 3.6 of Americans 18-54 (5.2 million
  people)
• Symptoms usually start to appear within 3 months
  of traumatic event
• Some can be cured in as little as 6 months, some
  much longer
• Other anxiety disorders, co-occurring depression,
  or alcohol/drug abuse often come with PTSD
• Another factor is responding to certain incidents
  with extreme fear, vulnerability, and terror.

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Causes

• Can arise from war, natural disasters, dangerous
  accidents, or life-threatening personal assaults
• Eg. Rape, mugging, shooting, earthquake, military
  combat, car accident, or a plane crash
• It can occur in any age, including childhood

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Symptoms

• Symptoms usually begin within three months of the
  event, but in some cases it could be years before
  they surface.
• The strength of the symptoms will vary from
  person to person.

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Three Categories

• Re-experiencing the event
• Avoidance and emotional numbing
• Changes in sleep pattern

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Re-experiencing

• Dreams or nightmares
• Flash backs can be caused by things like a
  triggering smell, sound or image.
• Re-experiencing an traumatic event in the mind
  can cause distress, excessive sweating and the
  increase of heart rate.

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Avoidance and Emotional

• Withdraw from friends and family
• Avoid situations which remind of the trauma.
• They dont enjoy life as usual
• Extreme guilt
• Disassociative state
• Depression

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Disassociative state

• In rare cases the person acts and reacts as if
  they are living through the experience again.
  This can last for anywhere from five minutes to
  several days.
• Insomnia and difficulty
• sleeping
• Can lead to aggression
• Difficulty concentrating
• and finishing tasks

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Treatments Therapies

• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Exposure therapy
• Medicine known as SSRIs or anti-depressants.
  They relieve depression, and anxiety. When you
  have depression you may not have enough of a
  chemical in your brain, SSRIs raise the level of
  serotonin in your brain.
• Treatment helps people feel in more control of
  their life

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Cognitive behavioural therapy

• You are gradually exposed to thoughts about the
  traumatic event that you experienced. Through
  this therapy you identify upsetting thoughts
  about the trauma that are distorted.

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Exposure therapy

• The purpose of exposure therapy is to have less
  fear of your memories.
• The idea behind exposure therapy is to learn
  about your fears, thoughts, and to focus on
  situations that remind you of your traumatic
  event.
• Your therapist will use techniques known as
  desensitization, and flooding.

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Other Treatments

• Group therapy
• Psychodynamic psychology
• Family therapy
• Each of these therapies affect people
  differently.

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