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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effects of: 1.2.1) Child abuse 1.2.2) Sexual abuse 1.3) Possible effects of Masclow’s hierarchy of needs on Tina’s behavior Page 1 2 3 3 Section 2: Guidance for Tina: 2.1) Counseling and support for learning problems 2.2) Child trauma and the effects of trauma on Tina’s life 2.3) Parental involvement and parental counseling 2.4) Individual intervention learning program for Tina 4 4 5 6 Section 1: Background 1.1) I would like to report a case of sexual abuse against one of my students. One
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community around him. However‚ this level of maturity is rarely reached without suffering emotional pain or confusion (Helfand/Bliss 1). In both A Separate Peace and The Catcher in the Rye the main characters‚ Gene and Holden‚ experience great emotional trauma and confusion as they attempt to make the rite of passage into adulthood. In the book The Catcher in the RyeHolden Caulfield is expelled from Pencey Prep because of his failing grades‚ however‚ he does not want to confront his parents immediately
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of complications involved in the aspects of mental stability. One theme‚ however‚ has been the focus of many researchers: religion and spirituality. Belief in a higher power‚ and even an after-life‚ plays a major role in how a soldier copes with trauma. Their beliefs may have a positive or negative influence‚ depending on how they incorporate them into their experiences. Many soldiers find discord between religion and battle‚ which can magnify PTSD. Most moral assumptions derive from a religious
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character experiences post-traumatic stress syndrome‚ as the same events leading up to one of the past events seem to be reoccurring. I intend to demonstrate that although some people escape conflict‚ they often cannot escape the effects of it. The trauma of the past can remain inescapable in their mind; even though they know they are safe. The piece will be called “The night that never happened” which emphasises to the audience that the main character (the Rugmaker‚ as he will be referred to) is
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Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html>. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: The Management of PTSD in Adults and Children in Primary and Secondary Care. London: Published by Gaskell and the British Psychological Society‚ 2005. Print.
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Adolescents‚ while they may be young‚ can experience just as much trauma as an adult. Said trauma can include death of a loved one‚ illness‚ accidents‚ violent personal assaults‚ and more. In the case of The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ suffered the unfortunate loss of his brother Allie‚ thus leading him to carry on in un life in solitude‚ depression‚ and fear of what he once loved. Consequently‚ prompting the diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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around for hundreds of years –a new understanding of this illness and treatment is just now starting to surface. Three very important pieces—where Katie Collie et.al and Jeremy Ramirez shed a light on the troubled individual with PTSD from different traumas‚ and Hoffman demonstrate the positives of art therapy on healthy individuals—particularly the promotion of art and how it helps with the development of a child—give praise to the therapy which utilizes art to enhance life in both the healthy and the
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Despaigne 1 Doris Despaigne Professor Mercier English 120 29 September 2014 Who Will Fight for Them “The Red Convertible‚” by Louise Erdrich‚ reveals how an individual who served in a war fights an internal war upon returning home. Henry‚ a Native American United States Marine‚ returning home from the Vietnam War‚ wrestled with such a battle which ultimately severed the loving bond he shared with his brother. The brotherhood between Lyman and his older brother Henry was solid and the red Oldsmobile
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they’re lieing or this is part of their disease - being abused in the past – people who were abused in past are more vulnerable for being abused‚ because they are more sensitive cause they were abused in past so they remember this and they’ve got trauma - Someone who is mentally handicapped or medically dependent people‚ such as nursing home patients or people with debilitating diseases like MS‚ Parkinson’s‚ or cancer‚ because they dependent on other people and they can’t live by themselves
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