Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Military Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental health disorder that must be better understood by the military. PTSD‚ battle fatigue‚ shell shock‚ and several other phrases describe a condition that has been observed in war veterans for centuries. In Achilles in Vietnam‚ Jonathan Shay studied veterans of the Vietnam War with PTSD and explained the similarities between these veterans and Achilles in the book The Iliad. PTSD is triggered by
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Literature: An Analysis of The Odyssey The Odyssey is one of the most well known stories about war and its effects on the survivors. Homer goes out of his way to share the names and families of fallen soldiers for many reasons. The deaths in The Odyssey are exceptionally bloody and gore-filled‚ which allows the reader to vividly see the scenes depicted and understand the true horror that violence holds. The war scenes are particularly gruesome and filled with death
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People who have been victimized often have stress symptoms that linger. A common form of victimization in our society today is sexual assault. The psychological impact of sexual assault on a victim is immediate and may last a long time (Comer‚ 2015). One study found that 94 percent of rape victims qualified for a clinical diagnosis of acute stress disorder when they were observed around 12 days after the assault (Rothbaum et al.‚ 1992). Although some sexual assault victims improve psychologically
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Matthew Wolfe Marywood University Mark A. Shaffer‚ MSW‚ LCSW Social Work Perspectives on Psychopathology June 29‚ 2013 Post-traumatic stress disorder: the social worker perspective Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that occurs following a traumatic event and is characterized by re-experiencing the event‚ avoidance of key details and features of the event as well as a state of hyper-vigilance and arousal
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world almost everyone deals with stress. The media presents us with tragedies and disasters from around the world. The world of terrorism is brought to our lounge rooms. Financial pressures brought about through rising interest rates and drought‚ climate change and the competitiveness of careers and employment all add to the pressures of living in today’s world and stress levels. Beth McHugh in her article Anxiety: The New Plague of the Millennium states: “Stress and anxiety have overtaken the
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is classified as a severe anxiety disorder which is likely to develop when a person is exposed to one or more traumatic events. This study consists of surveys which measure the levels of posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in soldiers returning from active duty in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The research will attempt to show soldiers returning from an extended tour of duty are at high risk for developing these mental issues. As discussed in class‚ stress is any challenge to the system and
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In 1980‚ the APA which is the American Psychiatric Association added Post Traumatic Disorder to DSM-III. PTSD is very unique disorder because of the great important placed on the traumatic stressor‚ an etiological agent. PTSD was a psychological condition of Veterans who were unable to face their experiences on the battlefield. PTSD is an anxiety disorder where some people develop after living or seeing event that caused or threatened serious death of a person or serious harm. PTSD is related to
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1. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or "burn-out" has always been and issue for paramedics and other emergency responders‚ but it wasn’t recognized or even considered to be a significant problem. The causes of PTSD range from a major life-threatening incident (e.g. war‚ act of violence‚ accident and disaster) to a prolonged series of events (e.g. bullying‚ harassment‚ abuse‚ living with a violent partner). PTSD was introduced in the 1980s‚ before then it has been known by many names including
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Reign Over Me (2007) stars Adam Sandler who plays the character of Charlie Fineman‚ who lost his wife and four daughters in the tragedy of the September 11‚ 2001 terror attack. One day‚ his old college roommate‚ Alan Johnson‚ played by Don Cheadle‚ spots Charlie while out and about out and attempts to get his attention‚ but fails. Alan then sees him yet again at a different time and it takes him a while to get Charlie’s attention once again. When he finally captures Charlie’s attention‚ he asks Charlie
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a disease that affects the lives of countless people daily. Each case is different and yet significantly important regarding ultimately finding the most effective treatment and cures for the survivors of these life changing ordeals. The movie Saving Private Ryan depicts this PTSD and its causes in a very graphically detailing way. Through this explicit portrayal‚ the audience was given a glimpse of what goes on in the minds of survivors‚ as well as why some people
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